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‘Our Class’ Masterfully Presents Haunting Reminder of History, Warning for Future

By Juliana Albuquerque November 20, 2018

“This play will give people a chance to really notice things in the world that are transpiring, that matter, and how they have the opportunity to make a difference — it is a beautiful communal...

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‘Pankrác 45’ Poses Tough Questions About Guilt and Recovery After the Holocaust

By Jose Villalobos September 28, 2018

“Pankrác 45” boldly provokes introspection on the nature of culpability and the effectiveness of retribution. Set in the Czech Republic after the Holocaust, the production trains an unflinching...

KAPASI: The Firebombing of Dresden

KAPASI: The Firebombing of Dresden

By Nabil Kapasi February 14, 2018

Neither an industrial center nor a wartime hub, a defenseless Dresden, Germany, was firebombed by Allied aircraft mere months before German surrender, between Feb. 13 and 15 in 1945. A firestorm caused...

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Movie Review: ‘Darkest Hour’

By Naia Daniel December 21, 2017

During its invasion of France and Belgium in World War II, the German army cornered British forces in the French coastal town of Dunkirk. As Britain faced its darkest hour and the threat of an invasion...

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Movie Review: ‘Dunkirk’

By Emma Wenzinger August 7, 2017

★★★★★ Few films succeed in building such emotional depth as writer and director Christopher Nolan’s latest masterpiece, “Dunkirk.” The film achieves greatness not with high drama or...

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MANDAL: Mechanisms of Memory Shape Our Realities

By Ayan Mandal November 29, 2016

While the English language only has one word for “memory,” the truth is that memory comes in many different forms. Psychologists break memory down into dozens of categories: long-term memory, short-term...

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Yasuo Kuniyoshi faced discrimination in the United States because of his Japanese heritage. His work reveals the hardships that he and other Japanese-Americans underwent on United States soil.

The Art of War

By Nick Biggs-Chiropolos April 17, 2015

In a dark era of national history, the U.S. government placed West Coast residents of Japanese descent into internment camps during World War II, simply because of their heritage. This chapter of World...

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Jack OConnell plays Olympian and Air Force Lieutenant Louis Zamperini in Angelinas directorial debut Unbroken.

Movie Review: ‘Unbroken’

By Hannah Kaufman December 25, 2014

★★★☆☆ Movies set during famous wars often struggle to genuinely do justice to the events they portray. “Unbroken,” which is based on the non-fiction book “Unbroken: A World War II...

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David Strathairn plays Professor Jan Karski in this poignant reading of Karskis tales from the Second World War.

Staged Reading Illuminates Professor’s Story

By Grace Wydeven December 12, 2014

As the lights dim in Gonda Theater, an elderly actor playing the role of Jan Karski slowly emerges and takes his trademark place on a black bench at the center of the stage. This image of Professor...

Panel, Reading Mark Karski Centennial

By Katherine Richardson April 25, 2014

The university celebrated the centenary anniversary of the birth of Jan Karski, a late Georgetown professor and a member of the Polish World War II resistance, on Thursday afternoon with a panel discussion,...

Remembering a Legacy of Faith and Engagement

By Tessa Pulaski February 10, 2014

Beside White Gravenor Hall, a man sits upright on a bench next to a chessboard, engaged in critical thought forever cast on our campus. Jan Karski, a beloved professor of government from 1954 to 1984,...

BEAUCHAMP: Past Research Abuses Reveal US Hypocrisy

By Tom L. Beauchamp April 12, 2013

During the Nuremberg Medical Trials, which commenced on Dec. 9, 1946, the U.S. military classified the experiments conducted by Nazi physicians as crimes against humanity. For 65 years, these experiments...

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