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Episode 81 – Dan Puckett discusses the Alabama Holocaust Commission Air Date: January 7, 2025 Dan Puckett, chair of the Alabama Holocaust Commission, discusses the Commission's history, mission, program of work, and future. He also talks about adding Holocaust studies to Alabama's 2024 Social Studies Standards for K-12 education, the purposes of Holocaust education, and his 2014 book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press). Dr. Puckett is a professor of history at Troy University. Transcript here (caveat – possibly not 100 % accurate): https://tinyurl.com/mur9ap82 Links mentioned in this episode: Alabama Historical Association: https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Holocaust Commission: https://alabamaholocaustcommission.org/ Alabama Department of Archives and History: https://archives.alabama.gov/ Yom HaShoah (via Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education: https://www.gcholocaustcenter.org/ Alabama Holocaust Education Center: https://ahecinfo.org/ Alabama State Department of Education Social Studies Standards (available after ca. mid-January 2025): https://www.alabamaachieves.org/acad-stand/ Birmingham Public Library Department of Archives and Manuscripts: http://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/ (Book) In the Shadow of Hitler: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817381073/in-the-shadow-of-hitler/
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In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama’s Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama’s Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama’s Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama’s Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama’s Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Utilizing a variety of archival sources, Puckett shows how Alabama’s Jews lobbied policymakers and community leaders across the state and the nation in support of their cause. The story helps us think about the regional importance of the South in American Jewish history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices