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Michael Bar-Zohar – The Saving of Bulgaria’s Jews

Published on April 8, 2013 / Balkanski-Panitza, Political Talks

(March 11, 2013) Award-winning Israeli historian and novelist Michael Bar-Zohar visits the American University in Bulgaria and recounts the amazing story of how Bulgaria’s Jews were saved during World War II.

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Paul Hollander – Contemporary Political Violence and Its Legitimation

Published on March 20, 2013 / Political Talks

(October 16, 2012) Prominent sociologist Paul Hollander talks about his childhood in Hungary during and after World War II, and how the encounter with Nazi Germany and Communism influenced him to become interested in political violence. Professor Hollander follows up with a discussion on contemporary political…

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