In honor of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, the Frankel Center presents a symposium on Jewish military experience in the Soviet Union during the war and about the Holocaust in the Soviet Union. The symposium is being presented, in conjunction with the Blavatnik Archive’s exhibit, at the Hatcher Gallery.

Schedule:

1:30 - 1:45 PM Introduction
Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Michigan

1:45 - 3:00 PM Session I: Culture at War
Polina Barskova, Hampshire College

Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto

Mikhail Krutikov, University of Michigan

Moderator: Ben Paloff, University of Michigan

3:00 - 3:15 PM BREAK

3:15 - 5:00 PM Session II: People at War
Elana Jakel, United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum

Lenore Weitzman, George Mason University

Zvi Gitelman, University of Michigan

Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Michigan

Moderator: Ron Suny, University of Michigan

5:00 - 6:00 PM Public Reception