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Part of The Wiener Holocaust at Ninety exhibition event series. In Search of Berlin is an 800-year story, a dialogue between past and present; it is a new way of looking at this turbulent and beguiling city on its never-ending journey of reinvention.
Join Daniel Finkelstein at the Library for a discussion of his family memoir with his son Sam, who acted as the first reader of the book. The event will also be a chance to view the Library’s ninetieth anniversary exhibitions, one of which, The Wiener Family Story, features some of the documents and stories that are featured in Finkelstein’s book.
In this talk, Dr Laurien Vastenhout presents an explanatory framework for this so-called ‘Dutch paradox’. In doing so, she not only provides an insight into how the Holocaust unfolded in the Netherlands, but also address some persistent misconceptions about the role of the Jewish community leadership – specifically, the Dutch Jewish Council – in the process of isolation and deportation of the Jews during the German occupation.
