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“The Holocaust by Bullets in Ukraine: A Photograph, a Family, a Massacre Revealed,” with Dr. Wendy Lower<\/h2>\n

Tue., Sep. 8 at 7:30 via Zoom (<\/strong>Click to register for free<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us for a fascinating discussion in preparation for our forthcoming exhibition<\/a>, “The Landscape of our Memory.” Please join us for the opening on Wed., Sep 16 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Kresge Gallery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/p>\n

Dr. Lower\u2019s latest book,\u00a0The\u00a0Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed<\/i><\/a>, investigates a single photograph\u2014a rare \u201caction shot\u201d documenting the horrific final moment of a family\u2019s murder in Ukraine. Through years of forensic and archival research, Lower sought to uncover the identities of the photographed and in the process recovered new details about the Nazis\u2019 Holocaust by Bullets in eastern Europe, the role of the family unit in Nazi ideology, and a rare case of rescue and postwar justice.<\/p>\n

Wendy\u00a0Lower<\/strong>\u00a0is the John K. Roth Professor\u00a0of\u00a0History at Claremont McKenna College. She chairs\u00a0the\u00a0Academic\u00a0Committee\u00a0of\u00a0the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\"Headshot and has published several books on the Holocaust in Ukraine including\u00a0Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine<\/i>\u00a0(2005),\u00a0and\u00a0co- editor\u00a0(with Ray Brandon)\u00a0of\u00a0Shoah in Ukraine: History, Testimony, Memorialization<\/i> (2008). Her work on\u00a0gender and the Holocaust,\u00a0Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields<\/i>\u00a0(2013) was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been translated into 23 languages. Lower’s\u00a0The\u00a0Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, A Holocaust Massacre Revealed<\/i>\u00a0(2021) received the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category and was shortlisted for the Wingate\u00a0Prize,\u00a0 and longlisted for a PEN.\u00a0Lower just co-authored with Jonathan Petropoulos,\u00a0Himmler\u2019s Last Days: The End of Nazi Terror<\/i>, appearing in 2027 with Mariner Books.<\/p>\n

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