This photograph of a parade put on by the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization for Americans of German descent, was captured by a New York World-Telegram photographer, in New York City on October 30, 1939. Library of Congress
This event has been canceled. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is closely monitoring the rapidly changing situation with COVID-19 (the coronavirus). The safety and well-being of our event attendees, program participants, and staff are our highest priority. Thank you for your understanding. We appreciate your interest in the Museum and hope you will join us at a future program.
Last year, the New York Police Department reported that antisemitic hate crimes increased by 26 percent in New York City alone. From the Holocaust to today’s deadly crimes, what is antisemitism and its impact in America?
Join the Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Jewish Museum for an important and timely discussion with historians Deborah Lipstadt and Edna Friedberg to examine American antisemitsm during the Holocaust era and why it continues to be a potent and dangerous force in our country today. Who are its proponents and how does it serve other agendas? Why and when does it lie dormant and then flare up? Do history and education have the potential to stem the tide of racism and violence?
Speakers
Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Emory University, and Author, Antisemitism: Here and Now
Edna Friedberg, Senior Program Curator, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Book sales and signing with author Deborah Lipstadt will follow the program. Event attendees are encouraged to arrive early to explore the galleries including We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, which explores how artists from the early 20th century to the present have responded to the rise of both xenophobia—including antisemitism and other forms of bigotry—and authoritarianism.
Event attendees are encouraged to arrive early to explore the galleries including We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, which explores how artists from the early 20th century to the present have responded to the rise of both xenophobia – including anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry – and authoritarianism.
Tickets to this program cost between $12-$18 per person.
This program is open to the public but reservations are required.
For more information, please contact the Museum's Northeast Regional Office at 212.983.0825 or northeast@ushmm.org.