Event Information Day of Remembrance – FACEism: A Panel Discussion of History and Accountability About this Event February 19 is the Day of Remembrance, the annual recognition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 and the subsequent incarceration of nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent living mostly […]
This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series. Join journalist Chris Lombardi as she discusses her book, I AIN’T MARCHING ANYMORE with Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr. on P&P Live! A sweeping history of the passionate men and women in uniform who have bravely and courageously […]
Ms. Gaspar’s father survived Auschwitz and the brutal environment of the Mauthausen labor camp. Her memoir honors the past while unshackling from it and highlights a journey through loss with love. Join us in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93597270230 Or Dial In: 301 715 8592; Meeting ID: 935 9727 0230
The bestselling author and historian presents a sweeping new history that tracks the fates of the 1 million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII. “The violence of war did not end with the signing of ceasefires, truces, or peace treaties,” writes David Nasaw in his new book. Millions of concentration camp […]
Professor of History at Salisbury University, Dr. Dean Kotlowski leads a lecture and discussion about Pearl Harbor as we commemorate and honor the men and women lost in this attack. To register for this event, click here: https://bit.ly/2KAcBLl
World War II was the first war in history to receive almost continuous coverage on radio. This presentation examines how radio rose to the challenge of life during wartime, with sound clips from news broadcasts, presidential speeches, entertainment shows, programs designed to boost morale (both at home and among the […]
Michael Dobbs, author of The NY Times best-seller One Minute to Midnight will discuss his book “The Unwanted; America, Auschwitz and a Village Caught in Between. This book which won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award, tells the story of several Jewish families desperately seeking American Visas to escape Nazi […]
TImothy Boyce is the author of From Day to Day: One Man’s Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps. It is the story of Odd Nansen, a Norweigian political prisoner. Odd Nansen kept a secret diary while in a Nazi concentration camp. It tells of his struggle to stay alive, […]