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Dear list members, An itinerant exhibition on "Germany's Confrontation with the Holocaust in a Global Context", an AHRC-funded project led by Prof. Stuart Taberner of Leeds University, is now on show in Newcastle's City Library (until 22 November); it also features some additional panels on children and the Holocaust (curated by Dr Beate Müller). The library's address is 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 8.30am - 8pm; Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm; Saturday: 9.30am - 5.30pm; Sunday: 11am - 5pm. The programme of events surrounding the exhibition includes: 1. A public talk by Dr Beate Müller (Newcastle University): "Between Adventures and Air Raids: How Nuremberg's School Children Remembered the Hitler Years in 1946". In 1946, Nuremberg's schools inspector Otto Barthel had local school children write essays on their wartime experiences. They were also asked to fill in questionnaires which specifically addressed political attitudes of the young. About 3,000 pupils submitted their work. These texts tell a complex story about the thoughts and feelings of German adolescents in the early postwar period, demonstrating the ideological influence of National Socialism, trauma suffered during the war, as well as the shock, frustration, and desorientation after the collapse of the Third Reich. This talk will focus on identifying the coping strategies of the young in their attempts to make sense of their extreme experiences and of the radical ideological reorientation necessitated in the occupational period. The event is free, but please register on Eventbrite at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/germanys-confrontation-with-the-holocaust-in-a-global-context-tickets-18951409175 [https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fimg.evbuc.com%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fcdn.evbuc.com%252Fimages%252F15929889%252F10147102969%252F1%252Foriginal.jpg%3Frect%3D0%252C0%252C356%252C178%26s%3D06c1143cdbf2d8091d7018dd10a52c20?w=1000&s=cb3d56ae4a5dcda48bc87dc515cb1a4f]<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/germanys-confrontation-with-the-holocaust-in-a-global-context-tickets-18951409175> Germany's Confrontation with the Holocaust in a Global Context<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/germanys-confrontation-with-the-holocaust-in-a-global-context-tickets-18951409175> www.eventbrite.co.uk Between 26 October-22 November 2015 City Library will host an exhibition exploring Germany’s evolving response to the Holocaust since 1945 and drawing parallels to other global contexts. It explores how nations and individuals confront traumatic histories, asking why and how we remember the past. Professor Stuart Taberner of Leeds University who was involved in curating the exhibition, will give a guided tour to customers on 4 November. Sign up to book your place. This is an outreach project led by the German Department at the University of Leeds, with the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation and the National Holocaust Centre and Museum. Date, time and venue of event: 28 October 2015, 18.15, Bewick Hall, City Library _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Guided tour Prof Stuart Taberner (Leeds University), who was involved in curating the exhibition, will give a guided tour to the public. The event is free, but you can also register for it on Eventbrite at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/germanys-confrontation-with-the-holocaust-in-a-global-context-tickets-18951409175 Date, time and venue of event: Wednesday 4 November 2015, 18.45, City Library _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Research Seminar Talk Prof Stuart Taberner (Leeds University): “The Possibilities and Pitfalls of ‘Impact'” In this talk, Professor Stuart Taberner (Leeds) talks about his ongoing collaboration with the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation, the UK National Holocaust Centre, and schools, universities and museums in South Africa, the UK, and the United States to design and display an exhibition on Germany’s Confrontation with the Holocaust in a Global Context. His focus will be translating research into impact and public engagement, and on the opportunities and challenges that process presents. Date, time and venue of event: Thursday 5 November, 4-5pm, Beehive room 2.20, Old Library Building. All welcome! Prof. Taberner's talk follows on from, and is part of, a postgraduate workshop on 'Shared Spaces, Shared Memories, Shared Visions: Contemporary Visual Representations of the Second World War in German Cities', held at Newcastle University, 5 November, room 2.20, Beehive, Old Library Building. Organisers: Gary Jenkins (Newcastle University) and Elise Bath (Newcastle University) If you'd like to take part in this PGR workshop, please contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] -------------------------- For further details, please see the website of the North East German Network at http://negn.ncl.ac.uk/spotlightholocaustexhibition/ or the homepage of the School of Modern Languages at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/ . ------------------- Kind regards, Beate Dr Beate Müller Reader in Modern German Studies Head of German School of Modern Languages Newcastle University http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/staff/profile/beate.muller https://newcastle.academia.edu/BeateM%C3%BCller orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-8879