Writing on the Wall: The Unfolding Persecution of Jews 1933 to 1939
This lecture looks at the response of Jews to incidents of persecution and humiliation from Hitler coming to power in 1933 through to the outbreak of the Second World War. It will argue that while the Holocaust could not be predicted the level of persecution escalated during the period.
Professor Frank McDonough is an internationally renowned expert on the Third Reich. He was born in Liverpool, studied history at Balliol College, Oxford and gained a PhD from Lancaster University.
He has written many critically acclaimed books on the Third Reich, including: The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Police (2015). Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party (2012), The Holocaust (2008), Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany (2001), Hitler, Chamberlain and Appeasement (2002), and Hitler and Nazi Germany (1999). He has also published many other books, most notably, The Origins of the Second World War: An International Perspective (2011), The Conservative Party and Anglo-German Relations (2007), Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War (1998) and The Origins of the First and Second World Wars (1997).
This lecture will be held at Birkbeck's Keynes Library and also live streamed on Zoom. Places at the Keynes Library are strictly limited and must be reserved by booking on Eventbrite.
Admission is free. Lecture will begin promptly at 6.30pm. Latecomers may not be admitted.
Zoom links will be advertised closer to the date.
Organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London .
