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WCEE Book Series. In The Midst Of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms Of 1918-1921 And The Onset Of The Holocaust
Jeffrey Veidlinger, Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
12:00-1:20 PM
Off Campus Location
Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. In hundreds of separate incidents, ordinary people robbed their Jewish neighbors with impunity, burned down their houses, ripped apart their Torah scrolls, sexually assaulted them, and killed them. Largely forgotten today, these pogroms—ethnic riots—dominated headlines and international affairs in their time. Aid workers warned that six million Jews were in danger of complete extermination. Twenty years later, these dire predictions would come true.
Jeffrey Veidlinger is Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. His books, which include The Moscow State Yiddish Theater and In the Shadow of the Shtetl, have won a National Jewish Book Award, the Barnard Hewitt Award for Theatre Scholarship, two Canadian Jewish Book Awards, and the J. I. Segal Award.
Registration for this webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/zxQPx
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at [email protected]. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Jeffrey Veidlinger is Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. His books, which include The Moscow State Yiddish Theater and In the Shadow of the Shtetl, have won a National Jewish Book Award, the Barnard Hewitt Award for Theatre Scholarship, two Canadian Jewish Book Awards, and the J. I. Segal Award.
Registration for this webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/zxQPx
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at [email protected]. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Building: | Off Campus Location |
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Location: | Virtual |
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Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
Tags: | European, History, International, Jewish Studies, Russia, Ukraine |
Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Judaic Studies, International Institute, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies |
Click the image to the left or go here for a full listing of events at CREES and the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia this semester.