2009 MONNA AND OTTO WEINMANN ANNUAL LECTURE: KRISTALLNACHT 1938---AS EXPERIENCED THEN AND UNDERSTOOD
- When:
- 13.05.2009
- Where:
- Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater, Museum - Washington DC
- Category:
- Lecture
Description
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The Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture honors Holocaust survivors, their fates, experiences, and accomplishments. Monna Steinbach Weinmann (1906-1991), born in Poland and raised in Austria, fled to England in autumn 1938. Otto Weinmann (1903-1993), born in Vienna and raised in Czechoslovakia, served in the Czechoslovak, French, and British armies; was wounded at Normandy; and received the Croix de Guerre for his valiant contributions during the war. Monna Steinbach and Otto Weinmann married in London in 1941 and emigrated to the
United States in 1948.
Gerhard L. Weinberg is the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the 2001-2002 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Professor Weinberg is one of the world's leading authorities on the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and the history of World War II. Professor Weinberg was born in Hanover, Germany. Following Kristallnacht (the November pogrom) in 1938, he and his family emigrated to Britain and then New York State.
Professor Weinberg is the author of the two-volume study The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany (1970, 1980, 1994); Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History (1995); A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (1994 and 2005); and Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders (2005). He is the editor of Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf (1961 and 2003) and primary consultant to the World War II Chronicle (2007), among others. In his lecture, Professor Weinberg will discuss his memories of Kristallnacht, the significance of the event at the time, and its continued significance today.
This annual lecture has been made possible by Janice Weinman Shorenstein.
The Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture honors Holocaust survivors, their fates, experiences, and accomplishments. Monna Steinbach Weinmann (1906-1991), born in Poland and raised in Austria, fled to England in autumn 1938. Otto Weinmann (1903-1993), born in Vienna and raised in Czechoslovakia, served in the Czechoslovak, French, and British armies; was wounded at Normandy; and received the Croix de Guerre for his valiant contributions during the war. Monna Steinbach and Otto Weinmann married in London in 1941 and emigrated to the
United States in 1948.
Gerhard L. Weinberg is the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the 2001-2002 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Professor Weinberg is one of the world's leading authorities on the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and the history of World War II. Professor Weinberg was born in Hanover, Germany. Following Kristallnacht (the November pogrom) in 1938, he and his family emigrated to Britain and then New York State.
Professor Weinberg is the author of the two-volume study The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany (1970, 1980, 1994); Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History (1995); A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (1994 and 2005); and Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders (2005). He is the editor of Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf (1961 and 2003) and primary consultant to the World War II Chronicle (2007), among others. In his lecture, Professor Weinberg will discuss his memories of Kristallnacht, the significance of the event at the time, and its continued significance today.
This annual lecture has been made possible by Janice Weinman Shorenstein.
- Venue:
- Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater, Museum (All Events)
- Host:
- ITF (All Events | Website)