Politics, Violence, and Memory: New Insights on the Holocaust from Social Science

2022 Ina Levine Annual Lecture

Why did some Polish and Ukrainian communities violently attack their Jewish neighbors while others did not during World War II? What local minorities assisted Jews in unexpected ways? How did the killing centers continue to affect economic and political behavior in their areas over time?

Learn how a new generation of social scientists is using new concepts, methods, and data to answer questions like these and shed new light on the causes and consequences of the Holocaust.

Opening remarks
Dr. Elizabeth Anthony, Director, Visiting Scholar Programs, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Speaker
Dr. Jeffrey Kopstein, Ina Levine Invitational Scholar, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine

Moderator
Dr. Lisa Leff, Director, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

This program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register here to receive a link to view the program.

For more information, please contact calendar@ushmm.org.

The Ina Levine Invitational Scholar Award is endowed by the William S. and Ina Levine Foundation of Phoenix, Arizona.