Joe Eggers
@joeeggers.bsky.social
Interim Director at the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Pro-Minneapolis. Anti-Fascist.
Pro-Minneapolis. Anti-Fascist.
I'm proud of the work I've been doing with @umnchgs.bsky.social in Namibia, working with local groups to collect and share oral testimonies on the legacies of the 1904 genocide of the Herero and Nama.
Here's one of our recordings.
#namibia #genocide #digitalstorytelling
Here's one of our recordings.
#namibia #genocide #digitalstorytelling
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm proud of the work I've been doing with @umnchgs.bsky.social in Namibia, working with local groups to collect and share oral testimonies on the legacies of the 1904 genocide of the Herero and Nama.
Here's one of our recordings.
#namibia #genocide #digitalstorytelling
Here's one of our recordings.
#namibia #genocide #digitalstorytelling
"A few academics resisted and were dismissed, exiled or executed. Most did not."
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Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"A few academics resisted and were dismissed, exiled or executed. Most did not."
theconversation.com/universities...
theconversation.com/universities...
Reposted by Joe Eggers
Join us next Monday for our 2025 International Holocaust Remembrance Day lecture from Sarah Cramsey.
Her talk, titled "The Other Holocaust: Care, Children, and the Jewish Catastrophe," will be virtual and open to the public
The program begins at noon. Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/cramsey
Her talk, titled "The Other Holocaust: Care, Children, and the Jewish Catastrophe," will be virtual and open to the public
The program begins at noon. Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/cramsey
January 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Join us next Monday for our 2025 International Holocaust Remembrance Day lecture from Sarah Cramsey.
Her talk, titled "The Other Holocaust: Care, Children, and the Jewish Catastrophe," will be virtual and open to the public
The program begins at noon. Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/cramsey
Her talk, titled "The Other Holocaust: Care, Children, and the Jewish Catastrophe," will be virtual and open to the public
The program begins at noon. Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/cramsey
Reposted by Joe Eggers
Thanks to archivist Kate Dietrick and student Ryken Farr, our Center and UMJA were able to correct the historical record for Jeannette Frank.
Their work confirmed Jeannette survived the Holocaust and settled in MN. This gives agency back to her story of survival.
thesocietypages.org/holocaust-ge...
Their work confirmed Jeannette survived the Holocaust and settled in MN. This gives agency back to her story of survival.
thesocietypages.org/holocaust-ge...
Correcting the Record for Jeannette Frank - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
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November 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Thanks to archivist Kate Dietrick and student Ryken Farr, our Center and UMJA were able to correct the historical record for Jeannette Frank.
Their work confirmed Jeannette survived the Holocaust and settled in MN. This gives agency back to her story of survival.
thesocietypages.org/holocaust-ge...
Their work confirmed Jeannette survived the Holocaust and settled in MN. This gives agency back to her story of survival.
thesocietypages.org/holocaust-ge...