Upcoming Experiences of a German Girl Growing up during the Nazi Era, End of World War II, and Mandatory Teaching of the Nazi Genocide in German Schools (6 – week program)

In this six-week long interactive course Dr. Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker’s relates her firsthand experiences as a young girl growing up during the Nazi regime, end of World War II, and post-war Germany. She will discuss bombed-out cities, hunger, homelessness, orphans, and longing for soldiers to return home; boy soldiers serving at the Eastern and Western fronts; suppression of local traditions; position of church and state; life at school; presence of Nazis in her village; the flight of women, children, and the elderly from destroyed cities; refugees from Eastern Europe; sabotage activities of her dissident father; and surrender of their village to US General Patton’s Third Army 10th Tank Division. The final class on 6/18 will address the mandatory teaching of the Nazi genocide in German schools; German guilt/shame/lack of knowing about the mass murder of innocent victims; and reparations to Israel and Holocaust survivors. 6 week series Wednesdays: May, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18 1:30 – 3 pm. Fee $55 for 6-week series or $10 per class pay as you go.