2015 Keynote Presentation

Presenter | Dr. Edward B. Westermann | Texas A&M University - San Antonio 
Title | Colonizing the Nazi East and Conquering the American West: Comparing Processes of Conquest and Genocide 
Filmed | November 14, 2015

Video is available upon request to the Department of History.

Edward Westermann, Keynote Presentation
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