Voting and Power in Germany and the United States: 1919 - 1945
On view from August 2022 through February 2023.
How did two constitutional democracies respond to changing circumstances after World
War I? How did decisions of the people and the structure of the state interact to
bring about divergent outcomes during the pivotal decades of the 20th century?
With each election, see what was at stake, meet the candidates, and discover the results.
All the while, consider who could vote, who was prevented from exercising the franchise,
and how those seeking power attempted to influence the electorate.
To access screen-reader accessible exhibition text, click here, or visit the MHHE office suite 125 at the KSU Center to borrow a screen-reader iPad.
Click here for a digital version of the exhibition!
Voting and Power Conversation Series
This virtual series took a deeper dive into the content and themes of the Voting and Power exhibition. See below for a list of presentations and links to related material.
August 31, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST: Introduction to Propaganda with KSU Professor
April Johnson.
Click here to access the presentation for this session!
September 7, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST: The Power of Words and Images developed with
KSU student intern CJ Haggard.
Welcoming Week! September 14, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST: Focusing on Marginalized Groups in Politics
with KSU Professor Jeanne Law-Bohannon.
Click here to access the presentation for this session!
Constitution Week! September 21, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST: Personal Responsibility with Ciarra Malone,
Georgia State Coordinator of the Campus Voting Project.
September 28, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST: What Causes Democracy to Fail or to Thrive
with KSU Professor Jeff DeWitt.
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1936 Olympia Glocke, 2010Berlin: A Jewish Ode to the Metropolis
In 2009, American Jewish photographer Jason Langer set out to face his childhood fears.
"After growing up in Israel and learning about the Holocaust, I decided to see Berlin
for myself, keen to challenge my existing ideas and uncover reminders of the Jewish
people who had lived there, until they fled or were hunted down and killed by the
Nazis. I would spend the next five years reconciling my feelings and associations
with Germany and the German people and writing a new narrative."
That new narrative became the basis for a book chronicling his experience and for a new photography exhibition premiering at the
MHHE on August 25, 2022. At the exhibit opening, Langer will share some background
about the photography project that led to the book coming out this Fall. Langer will
return to present a lecture on November 9, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. The program will also
mark the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Nazi Germany's state-sponsored pogrom against its Jewish population on the eve of World War II.
Learn more by reading this interview with Jason Langer in the Atlanta Jewish Times.
Exhibit Supplements:
To access screen-reader accessible exhibition text, click here, or visit the MHHE office suite 125 at the KSU Center to borrow a screen-reader iPad.
Kristallnacht Program:
November 9, 2022 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Dinner, Tour, and Photography Lecture by Jason
Langer.
Cosponsored by Kennesaw State University Hillel, this event was free and open to the
public.
Voting and Power in Germany and the United States: 1919 - 1945
