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Ep. 72- Empathy, Witnessing, and the Challenge of the Holocaust with Carolyn Dean
from The Holocaust History Podcast
Send us Fan MailHow do we approach witnessing the Holocaust? Are there appropriate or inappropriate ways to do this? Does witnessing make us more empathetic or more indifferent? These are just some of the questions we addressed in this episode with Carolyn Dean.We also talked about the role of images in teaching about the Holocaust as well as the role of empathy in bystander behavior.Carolyn Dean is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History and French at Yale University. Follow on Twitter @holocaustpod.Email the podcast at [email protected] Holocaust History Podcast homepage is hereYou can find a complete reading list with books by our guests and also their suggestions here.
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Send us Fan Mail How do we approach witnessing the Holocaust? Are there appropriate or inappropriate ways to do this? Does witnessing make us more empathetic or more indifferent? These are just some of the questions we addressed in this episode with Carolyn Dean. We also talked about the role of images in teaching about the Holocaust as well as the role of empathy in bystander behavior. Carolyn Dean is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History and French at Yale University. Fol...
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