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The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz-Birkenau
On May 16, 1944, when SS men arrived in the Romani section of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Roma refused to leave their barracks and armed themselves for a fight to the death.
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Museum Highlights Guided Tour
Experience the best of The National WWII Museum with an official guide in just two hours in our newest small-group tour of the Museum's world-class exhibits. Starting in The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George R. Brown Salute to the Home Front, you’ll learn about the rise of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, the growing tensions in the interwar period, and how the United States entered World War II.
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The National WWII Museum Announces Dates for Germany and Poland Educational Tour
The National WWII Museum today announced new dates for “The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Germany” tour. Taking place from May 18 to May 29, 2017, the exclusive 12-day trip will explore Germany and Poland through the lens of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Featuring noted historian Alexandra Richie, DPhil—one of the world's foremost experts on World War II in Europe—the tour will visit Berlin's Olympic Stadium and Reichstag; sites of the Third Reich's exploits and atrocities across Europe at Auschwitz, Wannsee and Warsaw as well as stunning cathedrals and Teutonic castles.
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The National World War II Museum continues Mason Lecture Series with best-selling author Alex Kershaw, January 7
NEW ORLEANS – On Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 6:00 pm, The National World War II Museum will continue its highly successful General Raym... -
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Critical Theory, the Institute for Social Research, and American Exile: An Interview with Martin Jay, PhD
The members of the Institute for Social Research made vital contributions to a “culture of resistance” against Nazism.
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Meet The Author
09/26/2018 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PMPresented by the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy with generous support from the Strake Foundation, author Mary Kathryn Barbier will be joined in conversation by Senior Historian Rob Citino to discuss her new book Spies, Lies, and Citizenship.
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The General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Distinguished Lecture on World War II
06/27/2018 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PMOmer Bartov’s Anatomy of a Genocide is a fascinating and cautionary examination of how genocide can take root at the local level—turning neighbors, friends, and even family members against one another—as seen through the eastern European border town of Buczacz during World War II.
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Robert Hamrdla
04/12/2018 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PMJoin us as we hear from Stanford Professor Robert Hamrdla, a world traveler and expert in German studies.
