By an Autumn 2020 student Fritz Haber and Richard Goldschmidt were both middle-aged German-Jewish scientists at the beginning of World War I. One headed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, and the other was traveling abroad to gather Gypsy Moths for a study on sex determination. This podcast follows them through the […]
By Casey Robison (Autumn 2020 student) The Vél d’Hiv “roundup” of French Jews was orchestrated almost entirely by the Vichy regime, and executed entirely by French police officers, making it different from previous arrests, which had typically involved the Gestapo. Listen to From the Streets of Paris to Auschwitz here. Bibliography Primary Sources Szwieca sisters on the […]
By Wendi Zhou (Autumn 2020 student) After the end of Japanese American internment, many Japanese Americans returned to their homes in LA’s “Little Tokyo” to find it nicknamed “Bronzeville.” The area had been settled by African-American migrants who moved west during the Great Migration. This podcast explores the racial tensions and multi-cultural alliances that emerged […]
By Claire Mura (Autumn 2020 student) Although it is common knowledge that shell shock, now known as PTSD, afflicted many soldiers during World War I, not much is known about their lives after the war. This podcast sheds light on the subject, and unveils a poorly constructed government support system that left many suffering veterans […]
By Cindy Arias (Autumn 2020 student) Listen to Was Pearl Harbor A Surprise Attack? here. Bibliography:Capra, Everest. “Everest Capra.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 18 July 2016, www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/everest-capra.htm. Grew, Joseph. “The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State.” U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State, 1941. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1941v04/d11. Turn, Richmond. Letter […]
By Christopher Sears (Autumn 2020 student) December 7th, 1914. Pope Benedict XV calls for a Christmas truce that might negotiate a peace, or if not, “that the guns may fall silent at least upon the night the angels sang.” Here, I discuss the Christmas truce, what became of it, and what it means in the […]
By Luke Amrine (student Autumn 2020) “Keep calm and carry on” is what one thinks of when imagining how Londoners and others in Great Britain survived during the Blitz, a months long German bombing campaign designed to break British morale. This podcast looks critically at the accuracy of this statement and explores what circumstances were […]