Jackson, Tenn. - Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, a leading authority on Nazi Germany, will
speak at 51ÉçÇø, Monday, Oct. 26, at 7:15 p.m. in the G.M. Savage Memorial
Chapel. Weinberg, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, will lecture
on "Crossing the Line in Nazi Genocide: On Becoming and Being a Professional
Killer." His lecture is sponsored by Union's Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecture
Series and the Lyceum Series. 
Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg,
professor of history at the
University of North Carolina
Weinberg is the author of nine major books on World War II and Nazi Germany and
recently testified in Washington, DC to the House Committee on Banking on the Nazi Gold
controversy.
Weinberg's prestigious book, "A World at Arms: A Global History of World War
II" was published by Cambridge University Press in 1994 and received three major book
awards, including the George Louis Beer Prize of the American Historical Association.
Foreign Affairs, a scholarly journal, called the book "magisterial" and an
"outstanding history of the greatest war in history." The Dallas Morning News
wrote, "Quite simply, 'A World at Arms' has now taken its place as the one-volume
history of the Second World War."
The Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecture Series is an endowed lectureship intended to
bring leading historians to Union and the Jackson community. The lectureship, held
annually, is named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Carls and Mrs. Grace Schwerdfeger.
The Lyceum Series is also an annual event and seeks to bring outstanding scholars and
performers to Union and the broader community. The Lyceum program is funded by Union and
occasional supplemental grants. Both series are sponsoring the Weinberg lecture.
The lecture is open to the public; admission is free. For further information
concerning Weinberg or the lecture, contact Dr. Stephen D. Carls, chair of the department
of history and political science at Union, at (901) 661-5262.
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