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Annual WINTER Lecture

The Intoxication of Killing: Alcohol, Masculinity, and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany, featuring Ed Westermann (Texas A&M University-San Antonio)
Thursday, February 20 | 5:00-7:00 PM | Harris Hall 108
Please Join Us! | In Person Only | Reception to Follow

Poster for HEFNU Annual Winter Lecture featuring Ed Westermann. This presentation explores how alcohol consumption served as a literal and metaphorical lubricant in the Holocaust. It highlights the intersections of masculinity, drinking ritual, violence, and mass murder to expose the role of alcohol and celebratory ritual in the Nazi genocide of European Jews. Its surprising and disturbing findings offer a new perspective on the mindset, motivation, and mentality of killers as they prepared for, participated in, and celebrated mass murder.