THE MONNA AND OTTO WEINMANN ANNUAL LECTURE (SPRING)
The Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture focuses on Holocaust survivors who came to America, and on their families. Born in Poland and raised in Austria, Monna Steinbach Weinmann (1906–1991) fled to England from Vienna in autumn 1938. Otto Weinmann (1903–1993) was born in Vienna and raised in Czechoslovakia. He served in the Czech, French, and British armies; was wounded in the D-Day invasion at Normandy; and received the Croix deGuerre 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. Their daughter Janice Weinman Shorenstein has endowed the Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture, which is organized by the Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
Kenneth Waltzer Professor of History, James Madison College of Michigan State University.
LECTURE “The Rescue of Children and Youths at Buchenwald” May 15, 2008
Beth B. Cohen Lecturer in History and Jewish Studies, California State University, Northridge.
LECTURE “Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America: Facts and Fictions of the Early Years” May 16, 2007
Deborah Dash Moore Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic Studies and Director, Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
LECTURE “Through American Eyes: Jewish GIs First Encounter with Holocaust Survivors” May 24, 2006
George Iggers Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, University of Buffalo, State University of New York.
Deborah E. Lipstadt Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies and Director, Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University, Atlanta; Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council; and chair of the Council’s Academic Committee.
LECTURE “Denial on Trial: Defending the History of the Holocaust in a British Courtroom” September 10, 2003
Peter Suedfeld Dean Emeritus of Graduate Studies and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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