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COVER STORY
Provoked by Atrocity
Kurt Andersen and Ron Rosenbaum talk about how contemporary artists, writers and filmmakers respond to the Holocaust.
  Mirroring
Evil
A look at the controversial show at
New York's Jewish Museum. The exhibition features contemporary artwork
about the Nazis and the Holocaust. Produced by Sara Fishko.
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to The Jewish Museum Exhibit
Golems
Of Gotham
A new novel by Thane Rosenbaum follows a mystery writer
who suddenly experiences writer's block, but who has always been emotionally
blocked by the most profound mystery of his life. The character's parents
survived the Holocaust, then committed suicide when he was a young man.
Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
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to the HarperCollins page
 Movies
& Memory
Author and scholar Alan Mintz reveals the power films
have had in shaping how we understand and interpret the Holocaust. Produced
by Julie Burstein and Leital Molad.
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to an IMDB page on Schindler's List
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to a Judgement at Nuremberg page
Different Trains
An excerpt from American composer Steve Reich's Grammy award-winning composition, performed by the Kronos Quartet.
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to Steve Reich's site
SPECIAL GUEST
 Ron
Rosenbaum
is the author of Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil, an analysis of how writers, theologians and filmmakers have tried to understand Hitler. He writes for The New York Times Magazine, The New York Observer and Esquire, and teaches a course on literary journalism at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. His most recent book is The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms.
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to a HarperCollins page on Explaining Hitler
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Commentary
The Pseudo-Local Broadcast
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How
Art Works
Art & The Brain. When you listen to music,
do you see colors? When you eat soup, does it taste pointy or round?
If so, then you might have synesthesia. Produced by Jeff Lunden.
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