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HEFNU Virtual Speakers Bureau Highlight Event:

"Comparative Approaches to Holocaust Geographies"

Wednesday, October 29, 12:00-1:00 PM (CST)
Online Only | Registration required

The Holocaust was experienced differently depending on location, space, time, agents, and subjects. The extent and form of persecutory measures, as well as subsequent chances of survival varied.  While victims in Eastern Europe typically suffered death through mass shootings that took place near their homes, those in Western Europe were more often subjected to deportation and subsequent labor and/or gassing. 

In this Virtual Speakers Bureau Taster event, we welcome three scholars who surface the continuities and divergences between Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe: Victoria Khiterer (Millersville University; Gratz College),  David Barnouw (Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies), and Shira Klein (Chapman University).

HEFNU’s Virtual Speakers Bureau features the work of researchers who study the Holocaust in a variety of regions. In this highlight event, we bring together several scholars who focus on different regions. Each will present an overview of their region(s) of expertise and examples of how they might present their research, methods, and findings to your students or community. There will be time for questions following their presentations. 

This event is open to university-level educators interested in utilizing our Virtual Speakers Bureau in their classrooms and scholars interested in region-specific approaches to Holocaust Studies. Please join us as they discuss how their work can benefit your students.