“Recovering Victims’ Voices,” a lecture series on marginalized victims of the Holocaust, highlights new and emerging scholarship on often un- or underexplored victims of Nazi persecution. The series shows how historical identity-based hate influences contemporary discourse about race, gender, sexuality, and disabilities.
Past Events
23
May
The Genocide of the Roma in Southeastern Europe (1941-1945)
USC Shoah Foundation Event
Dr. Milovan Pisarri, research fellow at Belgrade University, lectures on the mechanisms that led to the Roma Genocide in southeastern Europe, the history of anti-Roma racism, and the reasons behind the general lack of interest in the topic.…
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May 23, 2024
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Online Event
31
May
Samudaripen: Reflecting on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti : From Remembrance to Contemporary Anti-Roma Prejudice
USC Shoah Foundation Event
Dr. Justyna Matkowska, postdoctoral researcher at the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poland and adjunct faculty at SUNY, will uncover the stories and struggles of the Roma and Sinti people during World War II, bringing new perspectives to this lesser-known aspect of Holocaust history and informing modern approaches to remembrance…
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May 31, 2024
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Online Event
13
Jun
The End of the Asylum: Institutions for the Disabled Between Care and Killing
USC Shoah Foundation Event
Warren Rosenblum, Professor of History at Webster University, St. Louis, will discuss his research on the history of disability during both the Weimar Republic and Third Reich. He will further explore how Nazi conspiratorial theories about antisemitism and persons with disabilities are linked through fear of the “other."…
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June 13, 2024
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Online Event
Stream Lectures
Queer Desire in the Holocaust
Guest Speaker: Dr. Anna Hájková
Dr. Anna Hájková, a scholar of Jewish Holocaust history and pioneer of queer Holocaust history, discusses why including queer perspectives helps us develop a more inclusive history of the Holocaust.