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The Price Of Neutrality: Swiss Policy And Complicity In Wwii, Dave Quintal
The Price Of Neutrality: Swiss Policy And Complicity In Wwii, Dave Quintal
Undergraduate Research Symposium
This poster presents my research into Switzerland's neutrality during World War II, a topic I found to be considerably more nuanced than commonly understood. While maintaining official neutrality, Switzerland engaged in significant financial transactions with Nazi Germany, including the movement of looted gold through its banking system. These actions, justified as necessary for neutrality, directly supported the Nazi war effort. Furthermore, Swiss refugee policies imposed restrictive measures, resulting in the denial of asylum and forced repatriation of persecuted individuals, notably Jewish and Roma refugees. The lack of post-war scrutiny changed in the 1990s, when revelations surrounding dormant Holocaust-era bank accounts …
Jewish Resistance: Lions Not Lambs, Jacob Stein
Jewish Resistance: Lions Not Lambs, Jacob Stein
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Characterized often as being led like lambs to the slaughter, Jews during the Shoah are further degraded by the myth that they never fought back. This research intends to investigate and track the myriad forms of resistance Jews partook in against the Nazi regime, from the ghetto wars to revolts within the death camps themselves there are countless acts of heroism and rebellion to be found in first hand accounts. By highlighting these moments the idea of Jewish passivity can be laid to rest.
Gender And Genocide: Rape As A Weapon Of War In Darfur, Ella Woods
Gender And Genocide: Rape As A Weapon Of War In Darfur, Ella Woods
Undergraduate Research Symposium
In instances of genocide, gender and ethnicity intersect in such a way that women of a persecuted group undergo a distinct experience from men. This is evident in the case of Darfur, where women of the region have been subjected to rape, forced pregnancy, and more by the Janjaweed and Sudanese government. This gendered violence is not unique to the genocide in Darfur, but examining its details reveals how the international community can better protect not only women in Darfur, who continue to face violence to this day, but also women who are victims of genocide throughout the world.
Hogan's Heroes: Fact Or Fiction?, Mark Granicke
Hogan's Heroes: Fact Or Fiction?, Mark Granicke
Undergraduate Research Symposium
When it first debuted in 1965, Hogan’s Heroes was not met with the fondness it later garnered. Set in Stalag 13, a fictional German Luftwaffe (Air Force) prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II (WWII), the show follows the American POW Colonel Robert E. Hogan and his band of compatriots as they run a secret sabotage operation within the camp under the nose of the inept camp commandant Colonel Wilhelm Klink. Hilarity ensues as Hogan and crew outwit the Germans, portrayed as bumbling idiots, in all sorts of missions, from smuggling prisoners, stealing plans, blowing up trains, and …
How Technology Is Helping Holocaust Deniers Rewrite History, Michael Raffelson
How Technology Is Helping Holocaust Deniers Rewrite History, Michael Raffelson
Undergraduate Research Symposium
In the age of social media, it is easier to connect to people with like-minded views. Well, my poster offers an explanation for how prevalent holocaust deniers are on social media and what exactly companies are doing about it.
Preserving Sacred Memory: The Effort To Create The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jessica Wachtel
Preserving Sacred Memory: The Effort To Create The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jessica Wachtel
Undergraduate Research Symposium
This poster attempts to provide insight on how the American government remembers the Holocaust through its formation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Topics include the physical structure of the museum, the history of the museum, and the relationship between original museum chairman Elie Wiesel and U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
Holocaust Denial: The Conspiracy Of Ignorance, Morgan Nelson
Holocaust Denial: The Conspiracy Of Ignorance, Morgan Nelson
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Holocaust denial means denying that the intentional mass extermination of Jews by the Nazi Regime during WWII happened. It is essential to know about these deniers and to refute their claims to stop the spread of misinformation. Topics investigated were what Holocaust denial is, why deniers support it, who are Holocaust deniers, an example being David Irving, the major claims of deniers, and how historians refute those claims. Those answers were found from multiple sources, including Denying the Holocaust by Deborah Lipstadt and Hitler's War by David Irving. The major findings were there are many denier claims. Three major ones …
Erwin Rommel: Noble Knight Of Germany Or Nazi Knave?, Jake Schultz
Erwin Rommel: Noble Knight Of Germany Or Nazi Knave?, Jake Schultz
Undergraduate Research Symposium
This poster seeks to explore the historical memory of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and his legacy today in commemoration in modern Germany.
Magneto’S Origin In The Holocaust And How It Influences His Character Today, Rena Usprich
Magneto’S Origin In The Holocaust And How It Influences His Character Today, Rena Usprich
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Marvel's Magneto was created in 1963, originally with no connection to the Holocaust. However that changed in the late 1970's when his origin was reworked to make him a Jewish Holocaust survivor. That origin persists to this day and is explored in modern media produced by Marvel, both film and comic-wise.
Unraveling The Truth: The Wannsee Conference And Holocaust Denial, Howie Parkes
Unraveling The Truth: The Wannsee Conference And Holocaust Denial, Howie Parkes
Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Wannsee Conference, held in January 1942, marked a crucial turning point in the Holocaust, as it signified the Nazi regime's decision to systematically exterminate Europe's Jewish population on an industrial scale. This poster presentation examines the role of the Wannsee Conference in Holocaust denial narratives and the portrayal of the conference in the critically acclaimed film, Conspiracy (2001). I discuss how Holocaust deniers use the Wannsee Conference to argue against the existence of a plan to exterminate Jews or to suggest that the conference never took place. Through an analysis of the conference transcript, I demonstrate its significance in …
Conceptualizing Nazism In America Through Alternative History Media, Matthew Fear
Conceptualizing Nazism In America Through Alternative History Media, Matthew Fear
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Even before the United States' entry into World War II, there has been a unique fascination regarding the prospect of the triumph of Nazism over the collective Allied powers. While every work exists as a product of its time, all share common themes and examine historical facts with an allohistorical lens to imagine a world wherein Hitler and the German Reich were successful in their schemes of world domination and the Final Solution. Despite plenty of historical narratives available for review and analysis, the idea of Nazism surviving beyond the confines of a doomed Germany has remained the most explored, …
Auschwitz: Unveiling The Depths Of History, Hannah Reichert
Auschwitz: Unveiling The Depths Of History, Hannah Reichert
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Auschwitz is an appalling testament to humanity’s capacity for evil during the Holocaust. This poster takes an in-depth look into the history of Auschwitz, including the reason for its establishment and the design of the camp. Through the comprehensive analysis of secondary and primary sources, this poster explores the atrocious conditions within the camp, where brutality and dehumanization were the norm. It exemplifies the war crimes and atrocities perpetrated against millions of innocent victims, highlighting the systemic genocide that was masterminded by the Nazi Regime. Furthermore, the poster analyzes the impact that Auschwitz had on the Holocaust overall as it …
Stalin's Collectivization: Effects Of Failure, Irina Biedenstein
Stalin's Collectivization: Effects Of Failure, Irina Biedenstein
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Collective farming had a major impact on Soviet History, especially when it comes to economics, loss of life, and the creation of a nation. The government, under Joseph Stalin, pushed for the idea of collective farming, with great cost to the soviet people, and eventually abandoned it as a major disappointment and a failure.
Nazi Policies Towards Slavs: Origins, Implementation, And Contradictions., Jesse Mulherin
Nazi Policies Towards Slavs: Origins, Implementation, And Contradictions., Jesse Mulherin
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Over the course of WW2, Slavic peoples in Eastern Europe faced exterminatory policies at the hands of the occupying Nazi forces. These policies included forced starvation, mass deportations, large scale executions, and slave labor. In many regards, these policies were not sudden inventions on the part of the Nazis, but rather policies with roots in German history. Moreover, in practice, Nazi policies towards Slavic peoples were often wildly inconsistent and contradictory.
Sounds Of The Reich: Nazi Party Radio And Speeches, Katelyn Hanners
Sounds Of The Reich: Nazi Party Radio And Speeches, Katelyn Hanners
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Radio broadcasts and speeches were key aspects of Nazi regime propaganda. From March 1927 to when the Nazi party won power in March 1933, Hitler made 455 public appearances, reaching close to 4.5 million people. Radio was the leading medium during the Great Depression and during all of WWII. Nazi propaganda focused on the effectiveness of the message, not the means through which it was relayed. Nazis liked simplistic and straightforward ideas with no underlying interpretations. Studies have shown that campaigns do not change the opinions of the masses. Rather, they confirm what the people already believe. In the case …
Constraints On Art During The Nazi Era And The Shift To Modern Art After World War Ii, Aria Spencer
Constraints On Art During The Nazi Era And The Shift To Modern Art After World War Ii, Aria Spencer
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Due to the severe anti-Semitic beliefs expressed by the Nazi Regime both during and before World War II, the production of art was censored to fit the governments ideal perception of the regime. This caused forms of modern art and expressionism to be deemed dirty or unfit for Germans. The Nazis associated modern art with Judaism and destroyed both the art and the artists. Once the Nazis were removed from power, there was a surge in the creation of modern art. World War II and the defeat of the Nazis prompted a large expressionistic art movement throughout Germany. Through the …
The Allies And The Holocaust, Mark Granicke
The Allies And The Holocaust, Mark Granicke
Undergraduate Research Symposium
During World War II, Nazi Germany carried out one of the most atrocious crimes in human history, the Holocaust. This systematic extermination of approximately 6 million Jews, along with other groups between 1941-1945, has become a focal point of modern human history. It is difficult to grasp the sheer magnitude of the undertaking by the Nazis. One question often asked is why the Allies did not do more to prevent this massacre. Were they simply ignorant of the entire event during the war? Knowing today the sheer magnitude of the Holocaust, it is difficult to believe knowledge of it would …