The U.S, and the Holocaust

Introduction and Welcome remarks: Dr. Silvia Dall'Olio, Director of University of Notre Dame, Rome Global Gateway
Ambassador Joseph Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See

Some segments of Ken Burns documentary series will be presented. The series, which aired in the United States on PBS stations earlier this year, explores the rise of Hitler and Nazism in the context of the global anti-Semitism and racism of the period, and examines how the U.S. government and American public responded as the Holocaust unfolded in Europe.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with: Dr. Suzanne Brown Fleming, Director of the Division of International Academic Programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Dr. Massimiliano Valente, Università Europea di Roma/University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway Associate