Susanne Ledanff, of the University of Canterbury, discusses
the rise of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in public and
UA3 lectures, on Sunday and Monday. Dr Ledanff is shown in
2009 with her book, which has the translated title
Imagining the Capital City: Reading Berlin in
Contemporary Literature 1989-2008. Photo supplied.
A thought-provoking overview of the causes and the
impacts of the Holocaust will be given in public lectures by a
University of Canterbury associate professor in Arrowtown on
Sunday and Monday.
Susanne Ledanff is the course co-ordinator of "Representing
Evil: the Holocaust and its Legacy".
She will draw from her university lectures in her 90-minute
talks in the Lakes District Museum.
Dr Ledanff was invited by the University of the Third Age and
her talks dovetail with "Anne Frank: A History for Today", a
travelling exhibition on show in the museum's gallery, until
September 14.
Dr Ledanff, a German national who has resided in New Zealand
since 1995, said this week her lectures delved into
anti-Semitism from antiquity to the Middle Ages and the
reasons for it, which led to racial issues in the 19th
century and the systematic anti-Semitism of Nazi Germany.
"The impact today is following the question can the Holocaust
happen again?" she said.
• The lectures will be held in the Lakes District Museum,
Arrowtown, on Sunday, July 17, at 2pm, and on Monday, July
18, at 10am. Entry $5. To book, phone (03) 442-1824.
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