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1 Sept 2022

Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus

WW2 TV

Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus

20 Jun 2022

One Month until We Have Ways Fest II

Excited to be speaking again at this great history festival.

I am very excited to again be speaking at the We Have Ways Fest II history festival in July. This is such a great event and I am looking forward to presenting with Alex Ritchie and Bastiaan Willem about the end of the war in Europe. I will likely be talking about the end phase of the Holocaust and liberation of the camps. Hope to see you all there!

One Month until We Have Ways Fest II

30 May 2022

I'm represented!

I've signed with a literary agent.

I am very excited to annnounce that I have signed with Joelle Delbourgo Associates to represent me for my Janowska book project. I'm looking forward to the next steps.

I'm represented!

12 May 2022

The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust on the Eastern Front in WW2

Combat Morale Podcast

Dr Waitman Beorn, Senior Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, talks about the Wehrmacht and motivation to participate in the Holocaust on the Eastern Front in WW2. In the interview, he talks about the extent and nature of Wehrmacht involvement in the Holocaust on the Eastern Front. He points out that while Nazi death squads routinely carried out mass executions on the Eastern Front, many units of the regular German army conducted and participated in such actions. Waitman explains what motivated them to carry out such actions which they frequently did on their own initiative. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served with the US Army as a tank commander in Iraq during 2003-2004. After leaving the Army, he attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, earning his PhD in history in 2011.

The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust on the Eastern Front in WW2

30 Mar 2022

(Re)Thinking Perpetrators: Reflections on Theory and Method

Toulouse University

Social Psychology and the Holocaust COnverence

(Re)Thinking Perpetrators: Reflections on Theory and Method

24 Mar 2022

Is Russia's Invasion of Ukraine a Genocide?

MSNBC- The Mehdi Hassan

Governments are extremely reluctant to label conflicts as genocides since it’s a legal term that invokes consequences. Genocide historian Waitman Wade Boern joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the past reluctancy and Zelenskyy’s current claims that the Russian invasion is, in fact, a genocide.

Is Russia's Invasion of Ukraine a Genocide?

15 Mar 2022

No, Russia isn’t committing genocide in Ukraine

Washington Post

No, Russia isn’t committing genocide in Ukraine

9 Mar 2022

The Eastern Front

We Have Ways of Making You Talk

What common mistakes do people make about the Nazis and the Red Army? Alex Richie, Katja Hoyer and Waitman Wade Beorn talk about the atrocities that happened on the Eastern Front during the Second World War

The Eastern Front

5 Mar 2022

Scales of Persecution: Digitally Mapping the Holocaust through the Janowska Camp

Digital History Seminar (Institute for Historical Research- London)

How can we apply digital spatial methods and theory to the Holocaust? This presentation seeks to showcase some ways in which mapping and visualization have been used in the study of one concentration camp but also to highlight some (unanswered) questions that inform the use of digital techniques in analysis and presentation. Some of these questions are centered around ethics, ambiguity, sources, and the strengths/weaknesses of various approaches.

Scales of Persecution: Digitally Mapping the Holocaust through the Janowska Camp

31 Dec 2021

Tanks of WWII with James Holland

History Hit

T-34 Episode

Tanks of WWII with James Holland

1 Nov 2021

Can aggressors be ‘victims’? Ideologues on the right think so

Washington Post

Can aggressors be ‘victims’? Ideologues on the right think so

10 Sept 2021

10 Facts about the Holocaust everyone should know

WW2 TV

Dr Beorn will offer 10 facts about the Holocaust, challenging some commonly believed notions. For example as many as one-third of the victims were killed by a bullet rather than gas and many of the worst perpetrators of the murders were never brought to justice.

10 Facts about the Holocaust everyone should know

7 Sept 2021

The Eastern Front

Khaki Malarkey

The Eastern Front

16 Jul 2021

Trump stoked fears of a Nazi-style coup. But he couldn’t have pulled it off

Washington Post

Trump stoked fears of a Nazi-style coup. But he couldn’t have pulled it off

7 Apr 2021

Connecting the Dots: The Janowska Concentration Camp as Social Network

Western Galilee College- Holocaust Studies

New Avenues in Eastern European Holocaust Research Conference

Connecting the Dots: The Janowska Concentration Camp as Social Network

29 Dec 2020

Crimes of the Wehrmacht

We Have Ways of Making You Talk

One of the enduring myths arising from the war is that the extreme violence in the east was carried out by the Waffen SS, not the Wehrmacht.

Historian and former US serviceman Waitman Wade Beorn tells Al Murray and James Holland about the atrocities committed by Wehrmacht soldiers on the Eastern Front. Waitman discusses their crimes and what psychological factors create extreme levels of violence.One of the enduring myths arising from the war is that the extreme violence in the east was carried out by the Waffen SS, not the Wehrmacht.

Crimes of the Wehrmacht

14 Sept 2020

Evoking History

Evoking History

This week I am joined by Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn, Senior Lecturer in History at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. We discuss his career path that bridges the gaps between the public and academic history spheres. Dr. Beorn provides an excellent debunking of the "clean Wehrmacht" myth and goes into detail about his current project, a combination monograph digital history project on the Janowska Concentration Camp, an urban camp located in the city of Lviv. We also discuss how to frame historical questions/projects and the ethical issues that arise when doing digital history projects on topics like the Holocaust.

Evoking History

13 Jul 2020

“The Fascist Messaging of the Trump Campaign Eagle

Hyperallergic

“The Fascist Messaging of the Trump Campaign Eagle

29 Jun 2020

Trump’s Sinister Appropriation of the Nazi Triangle Camp Badge

Hyperallergic

Trump’s Sinister Appropriation of the Nazi Triangle Camp Badge

28 Apr 2020

Trump wants the military to glorify himself, not serve the nation

Washington Post

Trump wants the military to glorify himself, not serve the nation
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