YIVO Presents -- Poland and the Jews: Before and after the Holocaust, with Jan T. Gross and Deborah Lipstadt May 8, 2008

Jan T. Gross:
Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society. Professor of History, Princeton University
Deborah Lipstadt:
Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University
Jan T. Gross, will speak about the central question of and Polish reaction to his newest book, Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz -- How, after World War II with over 90% of Polish Jewry killed in the Holocaust, a pogrom and anti-Semitism was possible in Kielce, Poland? Gross is also the author of the 2001 National Book Award nominee, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland . A discussion of the topic will follow with Deborah Lipstadt and the audience.
TKTS: $15/$7 members/$7 students
BOX OFFICE: 212-868-4444
VENUE: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
(located at the Center for Jewish History)

Official Website: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=POL2