This podcast—led and produced by Alexander Jobin-Leeds, who is joined in discussion by Mekael Daniel and Caroline Livaditis—examines our tour with Adam Schonfeld at the Topography of Terror, an outdoor and indoor history museum that served as the headquarters of the Secret State Police, the Schutzstaffel (SS), and the Third Reich Security Main Office during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945.
Zander Jobin-Leeds is from Cambridge, MA, and although, he technically graduated from Colorado College this year with a degree in Political Science, he couldn’t resist taking one last course with “the famed Dr. Heidi R. Lewis.” He enjoys traveling and is always excited to experience everything the world has to offer. He’s lived on three separate continents, speaks two languages fluently, and hopes to learn a decent amount of German while in Berlin. Half of his family is German, but few have been willing to return to Germany after escaping during World War II as Jewish refugees. During this class, he hopes to gain a better understanding of this country, its culture and history, and how Jewish and other marginalized communities navigate oppression and commit to resistance.
