LBI 70th Anniversary Celebrations: Biennial Lecture 2025
Writing on the Wall: The Unfolding Persecution of Jews 1933 to 1939
On 23 October 2025 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, the Leo Baeck Institute invites BGA members to attend their 70th Anniversary Celebrations at Keynes Library. This lecture looks at the response of Jews to incidents of persecution and humiliation from Hitler coming to power in 1933 through to the outbreak of the Second World War. It will argue that while the Holocaust could not be predicted the level of persecution escalated during the period.
Professor Frank McDonough is an internationally renowned expert on the Third Reich. He was born in Liverpool, studied history at Balliol College, Oxford and gained a PhD from Lancaster University.
He has written many critically acclaimed books on the Third Reich, including: The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Police (2015), Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party (2012), The Holocaust (2008), Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany (2001), Hitler, Chamberlain and Appeasement (2002), and Hitler and Nazi Germany (1999). He has also published many other books, most notably, The Origins of the Second World War: An International Perspective (2011), The Conservative Party and Anglo-German Relations (2007), Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War (1998) and The Origins of the First and Second World Wars (1997).
Please reserve your space here: https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/biennial-lbi-lecture/lbi-70th-anniversary-celebrations-biennial-lecture-2025
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