A program focusing on the rise of the Nazi Party will be hosted by the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene.

According to the organization, the next program in the Evenings at Ease series will feature guest speaker Dr. Shelly Cline.

Perhaps the biggest misconception of Nazi Germany is that the Nazi party came to power in a landslide victory and overwhelming wave of public support. This talk will look at the conditions of Germany in the 1920s and 1930s that made Nazism possible. It will also explore many examples of propaganda used by the Nazis to gain the support of the people for their new vision of Germany.

Dr. Cline is the Historian and Director of Education at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education in Overland Park, Kan. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Her research focuses on the SS Aufseherinnen in the concentration camp system and the gendered perpetration of the Holocaust. Her research has been supported by grants from the University of Kansas (KU) and Universität Hamburg. Cline has been an instructor in the KU Humanities Program and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. She also served on the faculties of the Kansas City Art Institute and University of Missouri Kansas City.

The presentation is this Tuesday, April 13th at 7 p.m. This online presentation will begin right at 7 o’clock, so please sign in 10 minutes early.

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