80 years after the Kristallnacht -a turning point in the nature of the harassment of the Jewish community- we see the rise of political options that, while not directly inherited from those that promoted such acts and led Europe to disaster, do share ideology, prejudices and methods.
Fascism is once again infiltrating the system through its cracks: economic crisis, Brexitmigration crisis. The upsurge in anti-Semitism - feared after the 2015 attacks in Paris - is diminishing but still present, and Islamophobia is taking hold, with direct attacks and through 'cyberhate'.
On this 80th anniversary the old enemy of human rights returns and finds new avenues of expression and action, as well as new victims. If before it was the Jews, now it is refugees, immigrants, Muslims: the other.
Patricia Weisz (Violeta Friedman Foundation), Esteban Ibarra (Movement Against Intolerance) and José Cruz Díaz (Seminar for Holocaust-Shoah and Anti-Semitism Studies, UPO) will analyse the circumstances that prevailed 80 years ago, to reflect on our current behaviour and see if we as a society are doing enough to prevent the history of hatred from repeating itself.
Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation.
Wednesday 14 November 2018.
From 18:30h.
Portuguese