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A Double Defeat: Catastrophe for Gay Emancipation in Germany and the USSR
In 1933-34 the gains made by gay men in Germany and the Soviet Union were abruptly reversed.
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'The Grave Responsibility of Justice': Justice Robert H. Jackson's Opening Statement at Nuremberg
Justice Robert H. Jackson’s opening statement at the Nuremberg Trials remains one of the most famous and influential oratories in the canon of international law and criminal jurisprudence.
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“All Those Who Fight for Freedom": Resisting the Germans before D-Day
Partisans risked everything to free Europe from fascist rule.
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"Saving Italy:" National WWII Museum to Host Best-Selling Historian
The National WWII Museum, in partnership with the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and 89.9 WWNO-FM, will host a special lecture and book signing for noted writer and historian Robert M. Edsel. The author will discuss the dramatic American effort at the end of World War II to save priceless treasures from the Nazis – the subject of an upcoming major motion picture starring George Clooney and Matt Damon.
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The National WWII Museum Presents 2016 International Conference on World War II
The National WWII Museum’s first International Conference on World War II in 2006 set the precedent for outstanding scholarship and public history on the most pivotal event of the modern era. The Museum will continue this important initiative November 17 through 19 in New Orleans at the 2016 International Conference, titled “1946: Year Zero—Triumph and Tragedy,” and covering the immediate postwar period and the new world left in the wake of the global struggle.
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Fueling Extremism in a Wired World
5:00 p.m. Reception | 6:00 p.m. Presentation
Nazis used radio; today’s extremists use social media. Then as now, new technology provides extremists with unchecked ability to spread hate and prey upon disenfranchised audiences to realize their deadly agenda. This program will explore the tension between protecting free speech and limiting incendiary propaganda. What responsibility do technology companies, governments, and individuals have to limit uses of technology to keep our world safe?
A reception precedes the program. The special exhibition State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda will remain open for viewing by attendees. Copresented with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Moderated by The National WWI Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian Robert Citino, PhD. The panel will include Steven Luckert, PhD, senior program curator of digital learning and new media at The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.For more information call 504-528-1944 x 229.
State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda is a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
This exhibition was underwritten in part by grants from Katharine M. and Leo S. Ullman and The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, with additional support from the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund established in 1990, and Dr. and Mrs. Sol Center. Local exhibition support provided by Goldring Family Foundation & The Woldenberg Foundation.
Presenting support provided by an anonymous donor.
Public programming for State of Deception courtesy of the Bleznick Family Foundation.-
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Echoes and Reflections Teacher Workshop
03/22/2017 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PMEchoes and Reflections is a comprehensive Holocaust education program that delivers professional development and a rich array of teaching...