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+ Auschwitz,  Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz, holocaust, József Debreczeni, world war ii

How Do Individuals Descend Into Brutal Savagery?: Part I

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Last year, I read multiple books about World War II, a few of which I included in my Reverberations of World War II course during the fall. These included novels by Anna Seghers, Victor Serge, Magada Szabó, and more. Along with these, I also read some memoirs that detailed individuals’ experiences in the concentration camps in occupied territories during the war. These included Dr. Miklos Nyiszli’s Auschwitz: … Read More How Do Individuals Descend Into Brutal Savagery?: Part I

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+ call for papers, comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, holocaust, jim crow

Jim Crow and the Holocaust in Comics CFP

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In the midst of Russia invading Ukraine, I planned a study travel trip to Poland focused on the intersections between Jim Crow and the Holocaust. The trip, for various reasons, didn’t materialize because we did not have enough students sign up. We started seeking students before the invasion, and we had trouble getting students interested. Part of this, I think, came from the heaviness of the … Read More Jim Crow and the Holocaust in Comics CFP

+ Auschwitz, holocaust, Miklos Nyiszli, Rudolph Höss, The Zone of Interest

The Quotidian and The Reproduction of Hate

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After completing her undergraduate degree, Angela Davis set sail for Germany as “Watts was burning” to pursue a graduate degree in philosophy. Upon arriving in West Germany, she looked for a room to rent; however, she kept facing agencies who told her, “Es tut uns leid, aber wir haben keine Zimmer für Ausländer.” Essentially, they told Davis they did not rent rooms to foreigners, … Read More The Quotidian and The Reproduction of Hate

+ adolf eichmann, eichmann in jerusalem, hannah arendt, ida b wells, jim crow, world war ii

Accountability and the Banality of Evil

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Ida B. Wells begins Southern Horrors: Lynch law in All Its Phases (1892) by quoting a piece she wrote in the May 21, 1892, edition of the Free Speech, a Black newspaper in Memphis. In the piece, she lists recent acts of racial violence across the United States. She writes, “Eight negroes lynched since last issue of the ‘Free Speech’ one at Little Rock, … Read More Accountability and the Banality of Evil

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+ germany, Gregor von Rezzori, holocaust, Literature, Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, world war ii

Looking at Ourselves in Gregor von Rezzori’s “Memoirs of an Anti-Semite”

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When I initially picked up Gregor von Rezzori’s Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, I wanted to incorporate it into a course alongside Anna Seghers’ Transit, Magda Szabó’s Katalin Street, and other novels focusing on texts by European writers written during or following the Holocaust. However, as I read the five stories collected in Rezzori’s text, I discovered that it may be a difficult text, for … Read More Looking at Ourselves in Gregor von Rezzori’s “Memoirs of an Anti-Semite”

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