Videos

Authors in the “Legacy of the Holocaust” panel talked about their books about specific historical events of the Holocaust. After the presentations, they responded to questions from members o…

A panel talked about the book, The War, published by Knopf. Based on the PBS documentary film of the same name directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The War offered a ground-level view of W…

Diane Ackerman talked about her book The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story, published by W.W. Norton. In the book she tells the story of Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his wif…

Ken Burns and Geoffrey Ward talked about their book, The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945. They also responded to audience members' questions. Ken Burns is co-producer and co-director …

Alton Gilbert talked about his book A Leader Born: The Life of Admiral John Sidney McCain, Pacific Carrier Commander, published by Casemate. He talked about the character and World War II se…

David Kennedy talked about the book he edited The Library of Congress World War II Companion, published by Simon and Schuster. The book uses excerpts from contemporary letters, journals, pam…

Konstanty Gebert was interviewed about his book Nesim All Around Me: The Life of David Mitzner, published by Austeria. The book is about a man who survived the Holocaust through imprisonment…

Lucinda Franks was interviewed about her book, My Father’s Secret War: A Memoir, published by Miramax. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, she wrote about how she discovered her father was …

Lawrence Malkin was talked about his book Krueger’s Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19, published by Little, Brown and Company. The book chronicles a Nazi at…

Kati Marton talked about her book The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World, published by Simon and Schuster. The book tells the stories of nine men who left Budapest…

Nancy Wright Beasley was interviewed about her book Izzy’s Fire: Finding Humanity in The Holocaust, published by Brunswick Publishing Corporation. Ms. Beasley is a columnist and contribut…

Winston Groom was interviewed about his book 1942: The Year That Tried Men’s Souls, published by Atlantic Monthly Press.