Tag: Holocaust
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History with a Future: Ben Goossen ’13
McCabe Library Atrium Thursday, September 7th, 4:30 pm Please join us in welcoming back Ben Goossen ‘13! Ben will take you through the experiences at Swarthmore that helped shape his decision to pursue a Ph.D. at Harvard University. A History and German Studies double major, and four-time recipient of the Swarthmore College Libraries’ A. Edward…
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Lost Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust
From our friends in History and Music: LOST YIDDISH SONGS OF THE HOLOCAUST Tuesday, November 10 1:00 to 2:15 Lang Concert Hall Lang Music Building “Avant-bard” singer/songwriter/performer Psoy Korolenko and Professor Anna Shternshis of the University of Toronto bring to life lost Yiddish songs of the Holocaust in this combined concert and lecture. Written and…
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Holocaust survivor to tell his story
All are welcome to hear David Tuck tell his story about surviving the Holocaust. November 18, 4:15 PM, Science Center 101 David was born in Poland in 1929. Life drastically changed on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. David and his family were deported to the Lodz ghetto, and then David was sent to…
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Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and why antisemitism poses a challenge for the Left
We would like to share this announcement about an upcoming event that may be of interest: Please join us for a talk by Moishe Postone, the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of History at the University of Chicago, on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. On the basis of a reading of Marx’s social epistemology, Dr. Postone will…