Dangerous Fires | Sleepwalking through the Assault on Democracy by jhgcentre published on 2022-01-31T11:43:45Z In this episode we focus on the attacks of symbols of democracy, particularly the use of fire: From the Reichstag burning in 1933 in Berlin to Washington DC in January 2021 and the recent fire at the South African parliament. Interviewer and moderator: Mdu Ntuli Panelists: Director Tali Nates: founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa; Prof Bjorn Krondorfer: Director of the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University and Endowed Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, Flagstaff, USA; Prof Andrea Pető: Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University in Vienna, Austria and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Prof Steve Carr: Director of the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Purdue University, in Fort Wayne, USA. ~ Please share your comments and questions! If you would like to know more about the content of this podcast, or the JHGC generally please email Mduduzi@jhbholocaust.co.za or visit our website: www.jhbholocaust.co.za Genre News & Politics