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Rudi Florian: Propaganda and Personal Responsibility (Virtual)

Event Type:

Adults, Americans and the Holocaust, Seniors, Teen, Tweens, Virtual Program

Age Group:

Tween 9-12, Teen, Adult, Senior
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Event Details

Join a Mizel Museum educator to learn the story of Rudi Florian, a Holocaust Observer.  Born to devout Catholics in 1934 Germany, Rudi’s parents opposed the Nazis but didn’t dare do so openly. When Rudi was 10 years old, he briefly served in the Hitler Youth until his mother came up with an excuse to have him released. When Russian troops invaded Germany, Rudi’s family was displaced to Poland.  Eventually, they moved to East Berlin, where Rudi encountered Communist propaganda.   Later in life Rudi made a pledge to “join those who warned that genocide can happen again to any group of people, anywhere…”  

Through the study of antisemitism in Nazi Germany, students will perform visual analysis on historic and contemporary pieces of propaganda, consider the dangerous effects of hateful propaganda on society, and answer the personal call to identify propaganda when faced with it in the media today.  Presented by the Mizel Museum.  Registration is required and the Zoom link will be emailed prior to the program.  This program is being offered as part of the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit.

Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit