Uncovering the Truth Behind a Haunting Holocaust Photograph with Wendy Lower
Air Dates: June 21-27, 2021 In 2009, an acclaimed historian of the Holocaust was shown a picture of one family’s execution by Ukrainian allies of the Nazis some 70 years earlier. In the years that followed, Dr. Wendy Lower’s research gave names to the victims and the killers and lays bare the horror of the Holocaust on an intimate, personal level. Dr. Lower is an acclaimed historian and widely published … Read More
Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz
For more than four hundred years, the Eastern European border town of Buczacz—today part of Ukraine—was home to a highly diverse citizenry. It was here that Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews all lived side by side in relative harmony. Then came World War II, and three years later the entire Jewish population had been murdered by German and Ukrainian police, while Ukrainian nationalists eradicated Polish residents. In his talk, Omer Bartov … Read More
Omer Bartov on Story in the Public Square
Rebroadcast dates: April 7-9, 2018 Original Air Dates: January 26-27, 2018 “What would I have done?” It’s a central question in the student of history’s imagination when confronted by the horrors of the holocaust. Our guest this week, Omer Bartov, delves deep into the experience of one town in Ukraine changed forever by genocide. Omer Bartov is the John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of German … Read More