Podcasts about historical justice

Today on the show is historian Timothy Ryback. Timothy is an author and writer with The Atlantic. He's the director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. Last year he published ‘Takeover' which documents the ways Hitler and his enablers in the German establishment cleared the pathway to Nazism through constitutional means.He's on the show to discuss - what he refers to as the “disturbing echoes” between Nazi Germany and contemporary America. Particularly between Adolf Hitler and US President Donald Trump.For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

Since restoring their independence, the Baltic states have focused on pursuing historical justice related to Soviet crimes, which included widespread repressions and mass deportations. Under the influence of international actors, the Baltic states have also engaged in political processes associated with Holocaust justice. Political scientist Dovilė Budrytė and anthropologist Neringa Klumbytė explain how their interdisciplinary approach has revealed new findings, exposed gaps in existing scholarship, and may influence policy in years to come.Ben Gardner-Gill is the Assistant Director for Outreach and Engagement for the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies and Co-Host of Baltic Ways.Dovilė Budrytė is professor of political science at Georgia Gwinnett College.Neringa Klumbytė is professor of anthropology and Russian and post-Soviet studies, and director of the Lithuania Program at the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, Miami University.Baltic Ways is a podcast from the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, produced in partnership with the Baltic Initiative at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of AABS or FPRI. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fpribalticinitiative.substack.com

Historian Timothy W. Ryback joins us to discuss his Atlantic essays, "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days: He used the constitution to shatter the constitution," "The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps," and, "‘Herr Hitler, Do You Really Believe Me Capable of Such a Dirty Trick?' The chancellor rewarded loyalty with loyalty. Until he didn't." Timothy is director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He is the author of several books on Hitler's Germany, most recently, "Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Timothy's writing at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/timothy-w-ryback/ Check out his new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727483/takeover-by-timothy-w-ryback/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

Eric welcomes historian Timothy Ryback, the Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in the Hague. He has been Director and Vice President of the Salzburg Seminar and a lecturer in History at Harvard University and is the author of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power (New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 2024). They discuss why Tim wrote this book and why it seems especially timely now, the political and historical contingency of Hitler's ability to seize power and why it resulted not just from large historical forces but by a series of decisions by individual players in the drama. The roles of President Hindenberg, Chancellor Franz Von Papen, Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher, and media mogul and nationalist party leader Alfred Hugenberg in the decisions that led Hitler to the Chancellery and the fact that the Nazis never commanded more than 37% of the vote in Germany. They touch on the role of political parties, political violence and the role of big business in the rise of Hitler as well as the critique of liberalism that Hitler and others shared of liberal democracy in Weimar Germany and its resonance in contemporary U.S. politics with figures like Peter Thiel and JD Vance. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power: https://a.co/d/4ZRUL5J https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/is-the-far-right-channeling-german Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Part 2 of 3 part series. As a podcast focused on illuminating ongoing colonialism and genocide, we recognize the need to address genocide happening right now in occupied Palestine and to stand in solidarity. Our podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of Indigenous communities who are left out of official discourse. As such, it is important to amplify the voices of Palestinians right now, as the mainstream media fails to do so. Part 2 explores LandBack and Right of Return as well as the ways in which alternative media is helping illuminate what is happening right now. We are grateful for the time and knowledge shared by our interviewees, and hope that this series can contribute to greater understanding, solidarity, and activism in the movement towards a free Palestine.Audio editing: Daniel StonebloomInterviews: Martin Rizzo-MartinezMusic: G. GonzalesSounds recorded at Alcatraz Sunrise Ceremony, Nov 2023, by Lloyd Molina IVInterviewees:Dr. Lila SharifCorrina GouldDr. Stephanie LumsdenDr. Mark Minch-de LeonDr. Nour JoudahRana SharifDr. Brittani OronaDr. Vanessa EsquividoDr. Jennifer MogannamLinks:The Right of Return is LandbackThe Right of Return is Land Back: A Statement of Solidarity with PalestineDecolonize PalestineBrownwashing and Indigenous Normalization of ZionismThe Liberation of Palestine Represents an Alternative Path for Native Nations‘This Is a Colonial War': Historian Rashid Khalidi on Israel, Gaza & the Future of Palestine“More than Genocide: The law occludes the abhorrent violence routinely perpetrated by states in the name of self-defense"Palestinian Support for Indigenous Peoples' Day Commemorations and Historical Justice from Palestine to Turtle IslandIndigenous and Arab organizers stand in solidarity with Water Protectors Resisting Line 3 PipelineLand Back from Turtle Island to PalestineWhen Settler Becomes Native Examining the claim of Jewish indigeneity in the land of IsraelLeaked NYT Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory.”

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Leszek Jażdżewski (Fundacja Liberté!) welcomes Jacques Rupnik, Research Professor at Le Centre de recherches internationales - Center for International Research at Sciences Po in Paris, a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and an expert on the Central and Eastern Europe, a former advisor to Czech President Vaclav Havel and a Member of the board of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. They talk about how the war in Ukraine has changed French foreign and security policy in Europe, what are the prospects for Ukraine to join the EU and Nato, and whether the center of power in the EU has shifted to the East. Find out more about the guest: https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/cerispire-user/7175/674 This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of it.

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry was online for the sentencing of Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron who killed ten people on May 14, 2022, at Tops Market in Buffalo, New York. In this segment, Willie recorded exerpts of Judge Susan Eagan of Erie County Court's historical statement at the sentencing of Payton Gendron.

Please visit the following to view the Benin Bronzes and to learn more about the Restitution Study Group.Show Notes:00:00 manillas used to trade for slaves as documented by Alan Ryder in Benin and the Europeans02:50 mission and work of Restitution Study Group to fight for slavery justice03:20 RSG's focus on corporations, private estates and governments that were complicit in slavery03:45 RSG's suits against insurance companies for slavery policies06:00 RSG's suits against banks like J.P. Morgan Chase0:630 RSG's suits included consumer fraud and human rights arguments07:30 DNA testing used by RSG 08:30 DNA results and TransAtlantic Slave Trade Database used to trace ancestry08:50 RSG's action filed for genocide compensation efforts09:35 the Proxmire Act, Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 198712:30 RSG's suit against the Smithsonian Institution over the Benin Bronzes14:40 1896 massacre of British soldiers 15:30 Kingdom of Benin's practice of sacrifice 16:15 RSG's demand for a share of the Benin Bronzes17:20 RSG's meeting with Kingdom of Benin's princess 19:20 main American port for slaves from Kingdom of Benin: Charleston, SC19:30 main port for slaves from Kingdom of Benin other than America: Jamaica21:00 The Benin Monarchy: An Anthology by Oba Ewuare II Foundation (2018) 21:55 Paula Girshik's research on Benin Bronzes22:25 some metal for Benin Bronzes came from Germany's Harz Mountains23:50 Director of Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art Ngaire Blankenberg suggestion about "confusion" on Kingdom of Benin's involvement in the slave trade 24:45 per Dr. Paul Lovejoy, manillas were used in  slave traded and to make Benin Bronzes for 300 years26:00 RSG's allegations that Smithsonian is violating US law that requires consideration for transfer of the Bronzes outside the Smithsonian28:00 Board of Regents vote on transfer of Benin Bronzes30:30 11 October 2022 - Smithsonian's scheduled transfer of Benin Bronzes 31:30 Lack of media attention on this issue31:50 Short film They Belong to All of Us34:00 RSG's suit against the Smithsonian is a restitution case34:45 RSG's efforts with institutions other than the Smithsonian36:50 bronzes taken according to the laws of war39:45 forensic research 41:50 16th-19th Century Bronzes42:15 Dan Hicks' book The Brutish Museum43:50 removing labels from the Bronzes44:50 Oba Head gifted by Nigerian leader 48:30 Benin City - hub of human trafficking 51:20 African scholar Dr. Ibrahima Seck 52:00 missing slave trade documentation for two main slave ports54:00 one on one approach with American institutions57:00 Petition submitted to UK's Charities Commission1:02:00 Smithsonian's current holdings of Bronzes1:04:00 RSG's emergency motion1:05:20 number of Bronzes in the U.S.1:09:00 dual citizenship1:11:00 Nigeria's request for reparations 1:11:50 definition of justice1:14:00 opportunity for Nigeria to speak upTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

Cover art: excerpt from Prison Can't Be the Consequence, oil on panel, Stephanie Drawdy, copyright 2022.Musical composition for "Prejudice" by Toulme, Copyright 2022."Prejudice" features episode excerpts from Warfare of Art and Law in the following order:Episode 71: David de Jong on his book Nazi Billionaires and his call for Historical Transparency from Families that control brands like BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, Dr. Oetker, Bahlsen, Allianz and Munich ReEpisode 33: Glance at Culture - The Holocaust in Modern Art: Professor Ziva Amishai-Maisels on Artists Picasso, Chagall, Rothko, Bacon and moreEpisode 67: Dr. Joanna Sliwa On Holocaust Distortion, Poland's ‘Politics of Memory', Jewish Childhood in Kraków, an Undercover Jewess Who Negotiated with the Nazis, and a Legacy to Inspire Future Scholars of All GenocideEpisode 81: Glance at Culture - Ella Nowicki on Incarceration, Art and Defining Justice in Terms of AccountabilityEpisode 48: Glance at Culture - A Conversation with Art Historian and Author Dr. Laura Morelli on Historical Justice and Historical FictionEpisode 79: ASU Art Museum Director Miki Garcia On Art's Power to Address Inherited Notions About Mass Incarceration, the Undoing Time Exhibition, and Justice As Public Love Episode 59: Glance at Culture - Ukrainian-American Artist Mira Hnatyshyn on Ukrainian History & Heritage, Art as Protest and Creating a Community of EmpathyEpisode 16: Mosse Art Restitution Project: Director of Investigations J. Eric Bartko On the Washington Principles and Restitution Efforts In Poland, Israel, Russia and the NetherlandsEpisode 88: Glance at Culture - Journalist and Author Peter Kupfer on his book "The Glassmaker's Son"Episode 10: Max Stern Art Restitution Project: Dr. Willi Korte On Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art, Sales Under Duress, and the German Advisory CommissionEpisode 69: Glance at Culture - Author Menachem Kaiser on His Book Plunder, His Research and Property Claim in Poland, the Vilna Ghetto and the Frustrating Design of Judicial Systems To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

To learn more, please visit Marisabina Russo's website.  Show Notes:2:00 A Visit With Oma2:45 A House of Sports3:30 Always Remember Me3:45 I Will Come Back For You4:00 Why Is Everybody Yelling? Growing Up In My Immigrant Family5:00 Graphic memoir about cancer7:00 Research at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC7:40 Steven Spielberg's USC Shoah Foundation 8:00 Research in Italy8:25 Her brother's identification of his murdered father10:30 Immigration experience and being a child of divorced parents12:30 Jewish Book Council Review 15:30 Sainthood17:25 German and Yiddish included in graphic novel18:30 Bengasi 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina 22:30 Cats of Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse22:35 Nicky & Vera by Peter Sís 22:50 No Pretty Pictures by Anita Lobel 24:45 German program for Holocaust victims to visit Germany25:20 Visit to Leipzig, Germany25:45 Gewandhaus - opera and classical music venue in Leipzig, Germany27:30 how her books work towards historical justice 29:00 Why books dealing with war are important for young readers31:15 New York City's Tenement Museum32:10 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire32:45 how Ms. Russo's definition of justice has evolved; that justice is for all33:30 Quote from James Baldwin “It is certain in any case that ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”34:50 The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson35:25 After Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust by Eva Hoffman 36:00 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck36:40 Maus by Art Spiegelman37:40 Can We Talk About Something More Pleasant by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast 38:00 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel 38:05 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi38:15 Linda Barry's books38:30 Her recent appearance on comic creator panels in NYC 39:30 El Deafo by CeCe Bell 40:00 Spiegelman's comments on not doing another Maus book42:20 current book dummy project  42:30 Fiber Artist Liz Albert Fay collaboration for ‘Extraordinary Women' project viewable on Instagram45:15 her first book The Line Up Book 45:35 House of Sports was a turn from picture books 46:05 Always Remember Me was her first time addressing the Holocaust in a book48:00 the passing of her Tante Annie 50:45 Tante's response about prayer during her time in Auschwitz 53:30 The legacy of her work: to act as a bridge from the former generation to the next generations 55:10 two letters her mother received from employer who was forced to fire her that evidence the reality of the Holocaust era: one indicating she was fired because she was a Jew and the other as a recommendation letterTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

This week, Rhiannon has a (probably literal) bone to pick with a certain London-based institution. She discusses the history of museums from ancient times to present day, and goes on several long digressions about related concepts. Topics include public mourning, animals as entertainment, what feels like the entire state of Pennsylvania, and the institutionalized “finders keepers” mentality. This podcast is produced and edited by me, Rhiannon. Music written and performed by our resident noisemaker, Tay Clarke. Find the show online at www.thatsnicepod.com, or follow our Instagram, @thatsnicepod. SOURCE MATERIAL ***Recommendation of the Week*** https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/contact-us ***Museums*** https://www.britannica.com/topic/Smithsonian-Institution https://www.thecollector.com/history-of-museums/ https://journals.openedition.org/iss/3264 https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-museums/ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97377145 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331359150_A_cross-cultural_perspective_on_musealization_the_museum's_reception_by_China_and_Japan_in_the_second_half_of_the_nineteenth_century https://www.si.edu/museums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum ***Memorials and Public Psychology*** https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h377.17?seq=35 https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/static/files/The%20emotional%20life___.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7006684/ https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/resedu/savage.htm ***Etymology*** https://www.etymonline.com/word/anamnesis?ref=etymonline_crossreference https://www.etymonline.com/word/muse?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_19293 https://www.etymonline.com/word/museum#etymonline_v_19294 https://www.etymonline.com/word/*men-?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_52585 ***Zoos and Aquariums*** https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-ethical-history-of-zoos/6869776 https://www.algone.com/history-of-the-aquarium-fish-keeping https://dailyhistory.org/How_did_zoos_develop https://hankeringforhistory.com/history-of-zoos/ https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/inventing-the-aquarium-a-short-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo ***Reenactments and Living History*** https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/trend-tradition-magazine/summer-2020/birth-living-history/ https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1136660752&disposition=inline https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/670167 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2712780?seq=1 https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/past-present/ https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/2070/22(1,2)%2054-61.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://www.singingcreekcenter.org/what-is-living-history/ ***Repatriation and Historical Justice*** https://debatewise.org/204-historical-artefacts-should-be-repatriated-to-their-country-of-origin/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/10/27/europes-museums-collectors-are-returning-artifacts-to-countries-of-origin-amid-fresh-scrutiny/?sh=357b3299675b https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5407.htm

For more information, please visit the website of Jai Chakrabarti.SHOW NOTES:2:15 Chakrabarti's inspiration for A Play For the End of the World3:30 Rabindranath Tagore's play The Post Office8:00 memoir by survivor of Janusz Korczak's orphanage titled The Last Korczak Boy8:30 injustices in 1942 Warsaw 10:00 The Post Office performed in 1940s Warsaw to uplift compared with exploitation through its performance in 1970s India 11:15 Chakrabarti's inspiration from Tagore's play 12:20 theme of intergeneration trauma in Chakrabarti's book13:20 Bessel van der Kolk's The Body Keeps the Score and Rabbi Dr. Firestone's Wounds Into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma14:30 assumption that gravity of the book would be 1942 Warsaw16:00 research for book17:15 Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland17:40 Lawrence Langer's collection titled Art From the Ashes18:25 character journaling process19:30 questions asked of characters21:00 reader feedback22:30 value of art in times of conflict as a healing balm23:30 Tagore poem translated into a Yiddish song in 1930s Warsaw24:45 challenges of dual timelines in A Play For the End of the World26:00 thematic repetition edited out27:15 most revised scene during escape from train en route to Treblinka28:30 social justice aspect of A Play For the End of the World29:30 recommendation of collected short stories by Tagore30:00 A Home In The World by Tagore30:30 The Foreign Student by Susan Choi30:50 The Lowland31:40 use of a system in drafting a dual timeline novel32:15 reason for writing story as a novel versus short story33:30 death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu33:40 music of Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela used to end apartheid34:00 each piece of art can allow for conditions by which social change can occur35:40 Playwright Safdar Hashmi whose theatre work in the 1960s and 70s directly advocated for economic and social improvement for the laborers of IndiaTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]For more details about joining the monthly discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Hope to see you there!

To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]For more details about joining the monthly discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Hope to see you there!

For more information about the Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men exhibition, please visit the Cincinnati Art Museum's website.Show Notes:04:00 Inspiration for Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men: The Berlin Masterpieces in America05:15 How issues surrounding post-WWII exhibition of Berlin 202 are addressed07:50 Prizes of war or protection mission for German patrimony per Truman Administration11:30 Reasoning for Weisbaden Manifesto12:00 “Art & Injustice”15:30 Design process of the exhibition 18:00 Legacy of Weisbaden Collecting Point Director Captain Walter Farmer18:30 Red background inspired by Army tour's exhibition catalog19:30 Oskar Kokoshka painting in 1937 Degenerate Art Exhibition and sent to Lucerne auction20:30 Botticelli's Ideal Portrait of a Woman21:45 Self-Portrait by Moravian painter Martin Quadal22:15 Madonna and Child from Jacques Goudstikker's collection24:20 Reactions of visitors26:15 Message of the exhibition 28:50 why does it matter who takes care of artwork, where they travel and how they are used?29:30 archival material in exhibition 31:10 The Berlin Masterpieces catalog33:00 the fundamental importance of provenance research 35:25 Advice to those interested in a career as a provenance researcher and/or curator37:20 ‘web of connections' in art history37:45 Book recommendation: Rape of Europa39:15 Worcester Museum's current exhibition as a case study on Nazi looted art40:00 Symposium will include keynote speaker Dr. Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture and Ambassador at large for the Smithsonian Institution To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]

For more information, please visit the Defiant Requiem Foundation's website.3:30 Maestro Murry Sidlin's creation of the concert-drama Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín while he was at the Oregon Symphony6:00 Stuart Eizenstat's contribution to help Holocaust survivors and to formation of Defiant Requiem foundation8:00 Rafael Schächter's background and work before being interned at Terezín10:40 Schächter's decision to pack the Czech opera, Bedrich Smetana's Bartered Bride11:50 Schächter's decision to pack Verdi's Requiem Mass 14:30 Terezín Commandants, including SS First Lieutenant Karl Rahm16:45 Terezín became a hotbed of arts and humanities19:00 Schächter taught Verdi's Requiem Mass to approximately 150 singers by rote20:20 Edgar Krasa's recollection of Schächter as “merciless” in rehearsals because they “could not afford for any minds to wander”21:15 Verdi's Requiem Mass was performed 16 times at Terezín21:45 Edith Steiner Kraus' recollection that the chorus led by Schächter in Terezín would make one proud “in any urban setting” and the singers were “so far inside the music that we'd returned to Verdi's desk”24:00 Edgar Krasa's recollection about  controversy between  Jewish Council and Schächter over performing Verdi's Requiem Mass31:15 Jewish Council's concern that Requiem Mass had Catholic origin36:50 Sidlin's one act “speculative history” drama  Mass Appeal 1943 based on Schächter's meeting with Jewish Council38:00 Schächter's use of Verdi's Requiem as an act of defiance and to uplift prisoners39:30 Jewish Council's censorship of Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Kael Švenk's The Last Cyclist44:00 Performance of Defiant Requiem at Terezín 48:30 composer Ilsa Weber at Terezín 49:55 Inspiration for Foundation's concert, Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer that includes work by composers such as Victor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krasa, James Simon, Zikmund Schul, Rudolf Karel and others54:00 Pianist and Composer James Simon's background and work56:15 Simon's colleague Violinist Alma Rosé 59:00 Pavel Haas and Karel Ančerl1:00:20 Conductor Karel Ančerl 1:01:30 Phillip Silver's contribution to Hours of Freedom1:04:10 Hours of Freedom arranged by chapters that include Longing, Hope, etc.1:05:00 Composer, Conductor, Pianist, Singer Karel Berman created Terezín Suite that includes Auschwitz Corpse Factory 1:06:20 10-minute memorial by Martinů1:09:00 Maestro Sidlin's challenge to a description of Ullmann as ‘finding his voice' in Terezín and his thoughts on Ullmann's critical essay that described his experience at Terezín 1:13:45 cloud over many composers was their background training in the law1:16:10 misconception that Gideon Klein learned to compose at Terezín1:16:50 Richard Strauss' unsuccessful efforts to have his daughter-in-law's grandmother released from Terezín1:20:00 Maestro Sidlin's thoughts on how he sees his job as messenger:·      to give Verdi's Requiem an identity connected to Terezín and Schächter;·      to highlight Terezín's legacy as a place where the arts and humanities blossomed because of the artistic gifts of those who were imprisoned there; and ·      to encourage current and future generations to make room in their musical and artistic  consciousness for the composers interned at Terezín To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit 

Many people worldwide are affected by tragic events. If we do not address the violent events and conflicts, the issues in the society only grow. How to overcome historic traumas and heal society? What role do the public monuments take in our historic memory? Three distinctive speakers share their personal stories and insights on this topic. Armand Volkas is a psychotherapist and Registered Drama Therapist. He directs Healing the Wounds of History, a therapeutic approach in which theatre techniques are used to work with groups of participants from two cultures with a common legacy of violent conflict and historical trauma. Esther Shalev-Gerz is internationally recognized for her seminal contributions to the field of art in the public realm and her consistent investigation into the construction of memory, history, the natural world, democracy and cultural identities. Timothy Ryback is a director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. In this podcast, he discusses the meaning of monuments in society. Follow us on Facebook / Twitter / Spotify / YouTube / LinkedIn Created by Lithuania MFA Communication and Cultural Diplomacy Department

In our second podcast episode, Faith and Reason's Debo Dykes has a spirited conversation with Dr. Keri Day about Black women's modern and historical efforts for human rights and equality. Dr. Day is an Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics & Director of the Black Church Studies Program at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. She is a published author of several books, including "Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America." Intersectionality, Black Lives Matter, racial injustice, reproductive justice, and how the lives of Black women profoundly affect justice for everyone—come to light in an impactful conversation serving as a perfect bridge between Black History Month and Women's History Month.

This episode of Humanities Viewpoints, our first for 2015, is about Public History. Academics engaging and working with public audiences is getting a good deal of attention. The annual meeting of the American Historical Association earlier this month included a panel session called, “Being a Public Intellectual: Historians and the Public.” Also, just this past December, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced the creation of their new “Public Scholar Grant Program” that encourages the publication of nonfiction books that apply serious humanities scholarship to subjects of general interest and appeal. Dr. Lisa Blee, Assistant Professor of History at Wake Forest University, joins me today to talk about Public History, the background of the field, as well as her definition and how it applies to her teaching.blee23 Dr. Blee will also talk a bit about the upcoming exhibition, Release: From Stigma to Acceptance. This exhibition features the words and art of formerly incarcerated offenders and was a collaboration between Project Re-entry program graduates, Wake Forest University students in Dr. Blee’s course Issues in Public History (HST 367), and Project Re-entry coordinators during the Fall 2014 semester. The exhibition opens this Saturday, January 17th at the Sawtooth School for Visual Art with an opening reception from 1-3pm. Enjoy refreshments and music while learning about the history of incarceration, stories of re-entry, and the background of the exhibit. Lisa Blee grew up in Arizona, attended college in Portland, Oregon, and received her PhD at the University of Minnesota. She joined the Wake Forest faculty in 2009 and teaches courses in the U.S. West, Native American history, environmental thought, and public history. Her research interest is in historical memory and late-nineteenth and twentieth century Pacific Northwest Indigenous history. Her first book is Framing Chief Leschi: Narratives and the Politics of Historical Justice (2014, University of North Carolina Press). I hope you enjoy our conversation.

In his keynote address to the inaugural Historical Justice and Memory conference (Melbourne, 14-17 February 2012), Professor Booth (University of Wisconsin-Madison) asks: How we can address the absent victims of historic injustice? What does it mean to answer the injustice done someone no longer present?

At the 2012 Historical Justice and Memory Conference (Melbourne 14-17 February), four Indigenous speakers reflect on the prospects of historical justice for Indigenous Victorians.

In his keynote address to the Historical Justice and Memory conference, held at Swinburne University from 14-17 February 2012, Professor Steve J. Stern (University of Wisconsin-Madison) discusses three famous films about memory and human rights in Chile after the Pinochet dictatorship.

In his keynote address to the Historical Justice and Memory conference, held at Swinburne University of Technology from 14-17 February 2012, Professor Elazar Barkan (Columbia University) explores how history might contribute to peace-building and redress.

In her paper at the 2012 Historical Justice and Memory conference, Janna Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University, asks: Does increasing the carbon content of the atmosphere count as a historic injustice? This recording includes the paper as well as some of the subsequent discussion.