WEBINAR: Dr. Linda Burghardt presents, "Fashion and Forbidden Style in the Holocaust."

WEBINAR: Fashion and Forbidden Style in the Holocaust [VIRTUAL ON-ZOOM]
Berlin in the early ‘30s was second only to Paris as the undisputed capital of the European fashion world, run by Jews and recognized the world over as a major center for style and innovation in the clothing trade. But Hitler had different ideas. With his swift, brutal takeover of all facets of life in Germany, the new Nazi culture not only stole the industry from the Jews, it forced its ideology onto the fashion of the day. Join us as we take a look at how concepts of fashion changed during this explosive period in history and the critical role it played in the Holocaust.

Dr. Linda Burghardt, the Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, is a journalist and author in New York. She worked as an independent reporter for The New York Times for 20 years and is the author of three non-fiction books. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous newspapers across the U.S. and overseas, including, most recently, The Jerusalem Post, and she has lectured to both national and international audiences. She holds a Ph.D. from Long Island University and is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from Vienna.