Genocide: Meaning & History

 

Guest: Barry Trachtenberg is the Michael H. and Deborah K. Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University, NC.  He is the author of The Revolutionary Roots of Modern Yiddish, The United States and the Nazi Holocaust: Race, Refuge, and Remembrance (Perspectives on the Holocaust);  and The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye.

As an expert on Genocide, Professor Trachtenberg testified in support of the plaintiffs of the lawsuit Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden

seeking an emergency order to stop US military and diplomatic aid for the Israeli government’s genocidal assault on Gaza.

To see the Federal Courts Recording of the Hearing on January 26, 2024 go to:

Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden