Yad Vashem and the Comprehensive History of the Holocaust

Authors

Paul Royster, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Paul Royster

Date of this Version

4-8-2004

Comments

Introducing Christopher R. Browning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “The Origins of the Final Solution: The Fateful Months of September–October 1941,” Henry and Gretl Wald Lecture, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 8, 2004

Abstract

Remarks delivered at the Henry and Gretl Wald Lecture, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 8, 2004, introducing Christopher R. Browning’s lecture on “The Origins of the Final Solution: The Fateful Months of September–October 1941.” The remarks outline the history of the publication project and concern the history and mission of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. Includes recognition of the roles played by Estee Du-Nour, Bella Gutterman, Yehuda Bauer, and Renée Poznanski of Yad Vashem; Daniel J. J. Ross, then director of the University of Nebraska Press; Alan Steinweis, Doris Bergen, Peter Hayes, Susannah Heschel, and Michael Marrus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Susan Cohn and the Ike and Roz Friedman Family Foundation; Jean Cahan and Gerald Shapiro of the Harris Center for Judaic Studies; and Terry Fairfield, Beth Brase, and Susan Norby of the University of Nebraska Foundation.