HRCA 05.10.2026 Мероприятие NEH: антиеврейский фольклор и рост антисемитизма до, во время и после...

The first written account of an anti-Jewish folktale is a tale of English or German origin, published in 1228. From the Middle Ages to the Modern Era, these folktales helped fuel the anti-Jewish prejudice prevalent within and beyond Western society. By the nineteenth century, the tales assisted in paving the way for anti-Judaism to transition into antisemitism; subsequently, the Nazis were then able to capitalize on these stories as objects of antisemitic propaganda. Join historian Dr. Sofia Lago for a discussion about how these counternarratives served to inflame rampant antisemitism perpetuated by Hitler’s Nazi party. This event is part of the 2026-27 Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Colloquium, “Storytelling in/as Resistance.” It is co-sponsored by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey; the Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studes and Human Rights; the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University; the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College; the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in White Plains; the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University; the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity at Western Washington University; the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at University of Michigan-Dearborn; the Center for the Study of Genocide & Human Rights at Rutgers University; the Legacy Foundation at Mount Hebron Cemetery; the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at St. Cloud State University; the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan University; and the Queens College Center for Jewish Studies. For more information about the KHC, please visit https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu