Dr. Petra DeWitt, assistant teaching professor of history and political science, will discuss the treatment of German-Americans in Missouri during World War I on Kansas City public radio station KCUR at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. To listen to the broadcast, visit kcur.org and click the “Listen Live” button in the upper left of the page.
DeWitt will talk about her book on the subject, “Degrees of Allegiance: Harassment and Loyalty in Missouri’s German-American Community during World War I” on a program called Central Standard.