Public history and the VHEC

For their class on public history at the University of British Columbia, graduate students in HIST 595B, taught by Dr. Richard Menkis, created public exhibits engaging with library materials, artefacts and archives in the VHEC collection. Their presentations explored three main themes: Diaries & correspondence; Holocaust photography and Propaganda.

Thank you to Naomi Louie, Fiona Li, Adina Williams and Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh for their wonderful work!

 

Naomi Louie

Naomi Louie

Naomi Louie looks at correspondence in the VHEC archives in Of Love, Letters and Preservation: Correspondence during the Holocaust:

 

Fiona Li looks at published and unpublished Holocaust diaries in her exhibit, Anne Frank and Others:

Adina Williams explores the Dimant family photographs in her exhibit, Stories in Holocaust Photography: Tracing the Journeys of the Dimant Family:

Shehroze Shaikh

Shehroze Shaikh

Nazi and antisemitic propaganda from the VHEC’s collection, including publications, consumables (e.g. cigarette packaging) and everyday objects (including childhood toys and postcards) is examined by Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh in Pressures from Above: Antisemitism in Nazi Propaganda: