Boulder, CO 80303
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SCHOLARS SERIES: CU AT THE J
“The Gates of Hell: The American Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps”
With Professor Paul Shankman
NEW DATE: Tuesday, March 31, 7 pm
This spring commemorates the 70th anniversary of the American liberation of Nazi concentration camps in Germany. What were these camps, such as Bergen Belsen and Dachau, like at the very end of World War II? What was the liberation like for the liberators and the liberated? This talk explores this important period as Allied troops came face-to-face with the Holocaust.
A CU Professor of Anthropology since 1973 with a Ph.D. from Harvard, Professor Shankman has conducted fieldwork in Samoa since 1966. His most recent book focuses on Margaret Mead. He has been teaching courses on the Holocaust for several decades and currently teaches The Holocaust: An Anthropological Perspective for the Program in Jewish Studies, which he co-founded with Professor Zilla Goodman.
Register at www.boulderjcc.org
