University of York – Lecture – HMD 2026
Activity information
Activity type: Public activity
Organisation name: University of York
Website: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/sem1-25-26/hiding-holocaust/
Address:
Room RCH/037, the Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East
University of York
York
North Yorkshire
YO10 5GE
United Kingdom
Hiding the Holocaust: Examining the architecture and topography of terror
How did millions of people ignore the death and suffering taking place during the Holocaust? This talk will examine the architecture and landscape of Nazi concentration camps in Germany to discuss why so many felt able to deny the existence of the camps and the realities of the Holocaust. It then questions how we memorialise the Holocaust in the twenty-first century, and how a focus on aspects of the Holocaust impacts on how we ‘remember’. The talk concludes with suggestions of how we can use this information to speak out against tyranny and anti-Semitism, and look beyond the surface to challenge misleading rhetoric.
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