The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom.
A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email one hour
before the start of the program.
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum every third Monday of the month for a discussion on Holocaust
and human rights films moderated by Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum historians, film
professionals, and other experts. It is encouraged that participants watch the film on their own before engaging in the discussion.
This month's discussion on Jojo Rabbit will be moderated by
Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Chief Education Officer at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, and Dr.
Gavriel Rosenfeld, Professor of History at Fairfield University and
author of Hi, Hitler: How the Nazi Past is Being Normalized in Contemporary Culture.
Jojo Rabbit is available to rent on YouTube or available to view on HBO with a subscription. Please register for one ticket per device used.
About Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson
Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson is the Chief Education,
Programs, and Exhibitions Officer for the Dallas Holocaust and Human
Rights Museum. An experienced educator, she has researched, taught and
written on Jewish culture and history. She holds a PhD in modern
European and Jewish history, an MA in modern British and Jewish history,
and an MA in Political Science with a concentration in Civil/Military
Relations.
About Dr. Gavriel Rosenfeld
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is Professor of History at Fairfield University.
He received his B.A. in History and Judaic Studies from Brown
University in 1989 and his Ph.D. in History from UCLA in 1996. His areas
of specialization include the history of Nazi Germany and the
Holocaust, memory studies, and counterfactual history. He is the author
of several books, including The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present, Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, and Munich and Memory: Architecture, Monuments and the Legacy of the Third Reich. He edits the blog, The Counterfactual History Review, and is an editor at the Journal of Holocaust Research.
About Jojo Rabbit
Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is
hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend,
Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II
continues to rage.
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