Florian Rohdenburg, the Charles H. Revson Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will speak at West Virginia University Tuesday, Oct. 19, and Wednesday, Oct. 20.

The Department of History, housed in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, is hosting Rohdenburgs visit. His presentation,The German Perception of Public Opinion in France, 1940-1944,is at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Elizabeth Moore Hall.

Rohdenburgs talk will examine the ways the German army gained information about French public opinion and the extent to which French attitudes helped shape occupation policies, particularly in regard to Jews.

During his visit to WVU , he will also address students in a senior capstone research course on World War II in Europe taught by Robert Blobaum, chair of the Department of History, on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and join a brown bag lunch discussion sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 211 Woodburn Hall.

During the lunch, he will discuss opportunities for research and support at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museums Center for Advanced Study.

Rohdenburg is well known for his work on the award-winning documentaryMartin,which examines the life of Holocaust survivor Martin Zaidenstadt and explores the representation of the Holocaust 60 years later.

He is currently a doctoral candidate at Royal Holloway University London and is completing research for his dissertation, which focuses on the role of the German army in the destruction of European Jewry, with special reference to France.

The presentation and the brown bag lunch are free and open to the public. For more information about the Rohdenburg colloquium, contact Blobaum at 304-293-2421 ext. 5241.