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Kate good evening and welcome to hillwood estate, museum and gardens. I know many of you know already, but in case we have not met, my name is kate markert, and i am the executive director here. I want to thank you in joining us tonight as we welcome back douglas smith, longtime friend of hillwood and author of the book the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ruin. You may have noticed that the theater looks just a little bit different tonight. I am very pl...

I am very pleased to welcome cspan. While this is their very first time at hillwood, it is not the first time that our lectures are accessible to folks at home. Many of our fantastic programs are available on the Hillwood Museum youtube channel, so check that out in case you missed something or want to see something again. Before we continue, i know you know what i am going to say next please be sure that you have silenced anything that chirps or barks or beeps. You may know that hillwoods found...

You may notice it looks a little different tonight. I am pleased to welcome cspan. While this is the very first time at hillwood, it is not the first time that our lectures are assessable to folks at home. Any of our fantastic programs are available on the Hillwood Museum youtube channel. So check that out in case you missed something or want to see something again. I know youontinue, know what im going to say next. Please be sure that you have silenced anything that chirps or barks or beeps. Yo...

That it is a government out of sight. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Soviet, millions of citizens faced starvation in one of the worst famines in history. Setting aside political differences, Vladimir Lenins new soviet government asked Herbert Hoovers American Relief administration for help. Next on American History tv, historian Douglas Smith gives an illustrator talk about the story based on his book, the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ...

Having viewed the talk some 20 times [laughter] declined number 21. But is going to use this time to view the collections within the museum. Very good use of his time, something hes going to enjoy. Many of you will remember Joanna Norman spoke to us on our 35th anniversary celebration lecture, some of the keynote of that, and to test your memory even further you may recall that my telling of that came about. Im not going to retell the story. I is what you do know that it was through the generosi...

I wanted to work on the rise of National Socialism and then i encountered the story of the resistance. The william shire rise and fall of such books. [inaudible] i wanted to write my own history. But i still ask myself the same question they mismanaged the 16th. But they have managed it any better . I still wonder. Was that at the end of it the german resisted or how was the german resistance discovered and became to an end . After the bomb exploded in july 1944, the military leader staged a cou...

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