June, 1944. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. We go from a dark topic to probably the darkest of all topics, but it also is led by some of the worlds leading scholars period. It is, of course, the holocaust. For this session, we have a asked dr. Alexander ritchie of our president ial counselors to lead dr. Gerhard weinberg. Alex has been involved with the museum since our 2014 conference. In those five years we have kept her busy. Many meetings, committees, and leading a lot of educational travel tours. She has a deep and personal connection to the holocaust as her father in law was himself in auschwitz. To hear the latest in holocaust scholarship and to look at what was going on in june 1940 four, it is my pleasure to ask dr. Richie to come up. Thank you. This is a topic very close to my heart. As most of you know, i live in warsaw in poland. My fatherinlaw was in auschwitz and became a Founding Member of an organization which aided the warsaw ghetto uprising. He was put into prison
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A panel of holocaust scholars talk about recent scholarship trends as well as new findings. They focus on the brutality of regime and the relation of the holocaust to world war ii. This was part of the world war ii museums annual conference in new orleans. The month of was june, 1944. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. Topic tom a dark probably the darkest of all also is led by some of the worlds leading scholars period. It is, of course, the holocaust. For this session, we have a asked dr. Alexander ritchie of our president ial counselors to lead dr. Gerhard weinberg. Alex has been involved with the our 2014nce conference. In those five years cannot we have kept her busy. And meetings, committees, leading a lot of educational travel tours. Deep and personal connection to the holocaust as law was himself in auschwitz. To hear the latest in holocaust scholarship and to look at what was going on in june 1940 four, it is my proof prep it is topleasure to ask dr. Richie come up. Thank you
dr. alexander ritchie of our presidential counselors to lead dr. gerhard weinberg. alex has been involved with the museum since her first appearance at our 2014 conference. in those five years we have kept her quite busy. many meetings, committees, and leading a lot of educational travel tours. she has a deep and personal connection to the holocaust as her father-in-law who i am sure she is going to explain more about was himself in auschwitz. to hear the latest in holocaust scholarship and to look at what was going on in june 1944, it is my pleasure to ask dr. richie to come up. [applause] dr. richie: thank you so much. this is a topic very close to my heart. as most of you know, i live in warsaw in poland. as you just heard, my father-in-law was in auschwitz and became a founding member of an organization which aided the warsaw ghetto uprising. the uprising was immediately put into a stalinist prison for his pains. was later in solidarity. when the wall collapsed, he be
We have to extremely dignified speakers and colleagues of mine on the podium today. They smiled but they know they are. Housing to ritchie first on my immediate right is a professor at the in warsaw poland. My has written widely on should all of the world. Her two books are absolutely fantastic. The two that i have read. Spouse metropolis, a history of berlin. I cant recommend that highly enough. And warsaw, 1944. Hibbler, himmler and the warsaw uprising. Alex is a member of the president ial Council Advisory board to spend to good advice to the using them for a while. We are truly lucky to have her. Alexs right. Conrad. He spent 26 years in active military service. Ofn including nine years hard duty as a professor of history at United States military academy. I say that with a smile having visited as a professor when youre. Faculty at United States military academy puts themselves on a list to open the building at 6 00 a. M. In the morning. Which is something that he tried in a academ