Pictured from left to right:

John Doud, "A Reemergence of Holocaust Memory through Early Broadcast Media: The Eichmann Trial."

Taylor Gee, "Accountability for SS Doctors."

Jennifer Armstrong, "Shades of Murder: Pictorial Evidence of Nazi War Crimes in the East."

Additionally, Sabro Atman presented his paper, "Kurdish Participation in Assyrian Genocide" and Juliana Taimoorazy presented "Invasion of Iraq: Unraveling Tapestry of an Ancient Community."

4 p.m. Film Screening, followed by a talkback by writer Clark Young

Studio Movie Grill at Spring Valley

In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world and, ultimately, the Oval Office. Escaping a Gestapo prison, bearing witness to the despair of the Warsaw Ghetto and confronted by the inhumanity of a death camp, Karski endures unspeakable mental anguish and physical torture to stand tall in the halls of power and speak the truth. Strathairn captures the complexity and legacy of this self-described “insignificant, little man” whose timely story of moral courage and individual responsibility can still shake the conscience of the world.

View the film's trailer online.

Registration is required. Click here to access the registration site. Scroll down to Remember This and order your tickets (there is no cost for the tickets for this film).

7 p.m. Lecture, followed by a reception

Jonsson Building (JO 4.614), UT Dallas Campus

In this lecture, Dr. Rebecka Katz Thor addresses what new monuments are expected to do. Examples from across Europe show the contestations around state-funded commemorations dedicated to difficult heritage, which challenge who and what is commemorated, how historic violence is made visible and how the historical narratives are constructed in public spaces. Drawing upon Marianne Hirsch’s work on postmemory and James Young’s discussion of countermonuments, the lecture considers monuments in terms of different "posts", reparation and multidirectionality.

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Sunday, November 12

1 p.m. Lecture, followed by a reception

Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604), UT Dallas Campus

Military historian John C. McManus sheds new light on this often-overlooked aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on a rich blend of archival sources and thousands of firsthand accounts―including unit journals, interviews, oral histories, memoirs, diaries, letters, and published recollections― Hell Before Their Very Eyes focuses on the experiences of the soldiers who liberated or witnessed Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Dachau and their determination to bear witness to this horrific history. Learn more on the event's page.

This event is presented in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
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