Lecture Materials
Read, attend, review
Read the background essay before class. The deck carries the lecture; the narrative script follows it slide by slide.
Slide deck
Lecture Deck
Reveal.js slide presentation. Opens in a new tab; use the arrow keys to move through the slides.
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Reading
Background Essay
God, evil, and human choice after the Holocaust: Jewish and Christian responses, Jedwabne and Le Chambon, Kant and Arendt, with notes and the Pierian Spring.
Reading
Narrative Script
The spoken lecture script, keyed to the slides of the deck.
Content note: These materials describe the hanging of a child at Auschwitz and the burning of a town’s Jews in a barn. All images in the deck are AI-generated interpretations (paintings), not photographs.
Further Study
Holocaust and Memory Resources
Museums, memorials, and archives for learning more about the people and places in this lecture. Each link opens in a new tab.
- United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia, collections, and teaching resources, including Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the Eichmann trial. (opens in a new tab)
- Yad VashemIsrael’s World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, whose name comes from Isaiah 56:5. (opens in a new tab)
- The Righteous Among the Nations DatabaseYad Vashem’s searchable database of non-Jews recognized for risking their lives to save Jews. (opens in a new tab)
- Righteous Among the Nations: Names and NumbersYad Vashem’s figures by country, the source of the numbers in this lecture. (opens in a new tab)
- USHMM Collections SearchSearch the museum’s photographs, documents, oral histories, and films, including Eichmann trial footage. (opens in a new tab)
- The Elie Wiesel Foundation for HumanityFounded by Elie and Marion Wiesel in 1986, with Wiesel’s biography and work. (opens in a new tab)