BC Holocaust Conference

贬颈迟濒别谤鈥檚 Mein Kampf: Prelude to the Holocaust

A Yom HaShoah Commemoration

April 25-26, 2019

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PROGRAM

Thursday, April 25, 2019

7:00 p.m.

Opening Session

Opening: Conference Co-Organizer Prof. John J. Michalczyk

Welcome: On behalf of the University : Vice Provost for Faculties Billy Soo

Chair: Susan A. Michalczyk (艾可直播 College)

Michael Bryant: 鈥淚ntimations of Genocide in听Mein Kampf

Karla Schoenbeck: 鈥滷ocus Landsberg: A Bavarian Town and Its History Tied to Hitler鈥

Wolfgang Hauck: Exhibit鈥擣rom Vilnius to Landsberg

Friday, April 26, 2019

8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Consul General (tent)

9:00 a.m.听

Keynote Address

Magnus Brechtken:听"Mein Kampf听-: The Critical Edition in Historical听Perspective:"听 听

Othmar Pl枚ckinger: "Mein Kampf: Part of the Right-winged German Post-war Literature"

BREAK

SESSION I

Chair:听 Michael Bryant

David Crowe:鈥Mein Kampf听and听 the Evolution of the Nazi Concept of Jewish Bolshevism鈥

Melanie Murphy:听 鈥淢arxism: Enemy of the People鈥

Richard A. Koenigsberg: 鈥淗itler as the Robert Koch of Germany鈥

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

SESSION II

Chair: Donald Fishman (艾可直播 College)

Martin Menke: 鈥淭races of Catholicism in听Mein Kampf

James Bernauer, SJ: 鈥淛esuits, Jews and Holocaust Remembrance鈥

Nathan Stoltzfus: 鈥淧olitical Violence in听Mein Kampf: 贬颈迟濒别谤鈥檚 Tactics for Gaining and Exercising Power鈥

3:30 p.m.

SESSION III

Chair: Sabine von Mering (Brandeis University)

Ralf Gawlick: 听听鈥淎rt and Its Perversion鈥

Paul Bookbinder: 鈥淭he Nature of 鈥楾he People/Volk鈥 and Qualities of a Leader to Help Create the Holocaust.鈥

Tetyana Kloubert: 鈥淗olocaust Education and (Early) Signs of the Erosion of Democracy鈥

5:00 p.m.

CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY FOR YOM HASHOA

艾可直播 College Hillel

German Exhibit: 鈥淭he Holocaust from Vilnius to Landsberg鈥

Book Exhibit: Sponsored by the Library of Social Science

SPONSORS: Bryant University, Center for German and European Studies (Brandeis University),Institute for the Liberal Arts, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, BC Law School /Holocaust Project, Jewish Studies Program, Film Studies Program, Woods College of Advancing Studies, Jacques Salmanowitz Program, German Studies Department, Office of International Programs, Music Department, Winston Center, Scituate Rotary Club, Faith, Peace and Justice Program, BC Hillel, Art, Art History and Film Department, Library of Social Science, Woods College of Advancing Studies, Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics, International Studies