H.E.A.R. Their Stories: Holocaust History and Memory

Dr. Jake Newsome joins Leah and Natalie in discussing LGBTQ+ Holocaust history, social media and the digital age, and present day politics. Dr. Newsome is a public historian and the author of his 2021 book Pink Triangle Legacies. His two websites are Pinktrianglelegacies.org and Wjakenewsome.com For that last question Natalie asked, Leah did in fact beat her in crossing the bridge :)

Natalie and Leah discuss Rachel Auerbakh and the Oneg Shabbat Archives. In addition, there are some great side conversations about the importance of fighting hatred with our lived experiences. H.E.A.R. Their Stories is hosted by Leah Davenport and Natalie Peyton, two College of Charleston students.

Natalie and Leah explore a personal project and what it takes to try and escape Nazi Germany. H.E.A.R. Their Stories is hosted by Leah Davenport and Natalie Peyton, two College of Charleston students. To learn more about the podcast and to access the transcript as well as photos and videos played during the episode, take a look at our ⁠⁠⁠webpage⁠!⁠⁠ If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episodes, ⁠⁠fill out this form⁠⁠.

For H.E.A.R. Their Stories' second episode, we have Grace Shaffer (CofC class of 2023) on to explain a project that she completed recently. Under the advisement of Dr. Chad Gibbs, Grace researched Torah scrolls in the former Czechoslovakia that survived the Holocaust and how they ended up in South Carolina. H.E.A.R. Their Stories is hosted by Leah Davenport and Natalie Peyton, two College of Charleston students. To learn more about the podcast and to access the transcript as well as photos and videos played during the episode, take a look at our ⁠⁠webpage⁠!⁠ If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episodes, ⁠fill out this form⁠.

Join H.E.A.R. as we embark on our journey of bringing Holocaust education to you. We begin with a short introduction of what H.E.A.R. is before we begin our first topic of the day: Kaluszyn. Dr. Chad Gibbs, a professor at the College of Charleston, joins us to discuss what he knows about the town as he embarks on a research project with the help of host Leah Davenport and two others, Grace Shaffer and Dr. Ashley Walters. H.E.A.R. Their Stories is hosted by Leah Davenport and Natalie Peyton, two College of Charleston students. To learn more about the podcast and to access the transcript as well as photos and videos played during the episode, take a look at our ⁠webpage⁠! If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episodes, fill out this form.