Online Book Launch and Discussion with Authors: Framing the Holocaust: Photographs of a Mass Shooting in Latvia, 1941

Framing the Holocaust: Photographs of a Mass Shooting in Latvia, 1941
Book Launch and Discussion with Authors

Date and Time:
Thursday, November 16, 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Event via Zoom
Co-organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and
Lakehead University’s departments of History and Interdisciplinary Studies

About the Book:
In December 1941, German police and their local collaborators shot 2,749 Jews at the beach in Šķēde, Latvia. Twelve photographs were taken at the scene. These now-infamous images show people in extreme distress, some capturing the very moments when women and children confronted their imminent deaths, while others show their dead bodies. They are nearly unbearable to look at—so why should we? Framing the Holocaust offers a multidimensional response to this question.

Please note: The presentation will include graphic images of Jewish suffering.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YnKl2ax2SJawnixqQow9Zg

After completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the webinar.

Photo: Cover of Framing the Holocaust: Photographs of a Mass Shooting in Latvia, 1941, edited by Valerie Hébert. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin Press