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Fences: Jews as Dealers in Stolen Goods in Early Modern Poland
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesMany "fences" (dealers in illicit goods) in early modern Poland were Jewish. Why? Prof. Shaul Stampfer will explore the reasons Jews entered the field and how Jewish communities dealt with illicit activity.
10/13 KEYNOTE | The Difficulty of Confronting the Holocaust — Mass Murder in Jedwabne, Poland
Zoom 0Jan Gross lectures on the difficulty of confronting the Holocaust with a focus on the case of Jedwabne murder in Poland in this entry in a ten-lecture series.
10/27 TALK | Ideologies of Racial Superiority and Purity: Why Did Germany and Japan Engage in Such Extreme Mass Murder During World War II?
Zoom 0Daniel Chirot will lecture on the ideologies of racial purity and superiority in Japan and Germany in World War II.
11/17 TALK | From the Ottoman Empire to Auschwitz and Beyond: Is the Holocaust a “European” Event?
Zoom 0Devin E. Naar asks "is the Holocaust an "European" event in this entry into the ten-lecture series.