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This virtual workshop, aimed at British secondary school teachers and educators, will critically consider the use of photographs in Holocaust education.
In this virtual lecture, Professor Marja Jalava will follow the transnational turn within the broader field of fascist studies by focusing on the Lapua Movement and the Patriotic People’s Movement as Finnish manifestations of a European-wide, transnational mobilisation.
This event will explore the history of the ITS archive and what it reveals about the Second World War helps provide context for research, both family and academic, within the archive itself. The discussion will include themes raised by the exhibition, including war, migration, rupture, survival and victimhood.
Learn how to take the first steps in conducting your own family research using the International Tracing Service archive of the Linen Hall Library’s resources. This workshop will provide a demonstration of the ITS archive and a skills workshop as well as the opportunity for short, one-on-one consultations with the panellists.
In this in-person talk, exhibition co-curators, Roland Clark and Tim Grady, will explore what people meant by fascism from a variety of countries, offering a new way of thinking about what fascism was in interwar Europe.
Tickets (both in-person and virtual) are available for the second annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture at the Museum of London. Professor Jan Grabowski will discuss how scholars of the Holocaust find themselves confronted with the hostile reactions of various states pursuing the policies of Holocaust distortion.
In this Virtual PhD and a Cup of Tea talk, Julia Eisner talks about visibility in the archive and its consequences, with a focus on Lotte Eisner, the well-known film historian and author of major retrospective studies of Weimar cinema.
In this virtual PhD and a Cup of Tea presentation, Daniel Adamson will explore how the British response to the Holocaust has been depicted in a sample of set history textbooks designed for use in schools.
This virtual talk, aimed at GCSE and A-Level students will utilise sources from the Library’s unique archive to examine the Nazi rise to power. It will explore the aftermath of the First World War, the role of the Weimar Republic, the early years of the Nazi Party formation and how the Nazis ultimately consolidated their power.
Join us for an online showing of the play 'The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman' and a Q&A with the director and co-author, Dr Erika Hughes.
To celebrate the recent publication of 'The Problems of Genocide', the Library will be hosting a virtual panel to explore the themes outlined and considered in this major new work. Speakers include author Dirk Moses and guest speaker Christine Achinger. The event will be chaired by Professor Philippe Sands.
