2007 Lemkin Lecture / LuteCast

2007 Raphael Lemkin Lecture

“Why Study the Holocaust?”

Doris Bergen

Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Chair in Holocaust Studies
University of Toronto

The Holocaust, and the importance of teaching the lessons learned from it, are the theme of the annual Raphael Lemkin Lecture and the inaugural Powell and Heller Family Conference in Support of Holocaust Education.

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November 1, 2007, 7:00 pm

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Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Center

Program Brochure (1.24MB .pdf)

About Doris Bergen and The Lemkin Lecture Series

Doris Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Chair in Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. Bergen specializes in 20th-Century German history, with an emphasis on the Nazi era and the Holocaust, and European women’s history. The winner of a number of prestigious research grants and awards for excellence in teaching, she is the author of “War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust” and “Twisted Cross: The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich.”

Her numerous articles focus on Christian anti-Semitism, military chaplains and issues related to gender and ethnicity in World War II. She is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Nazi Ideology and the Camp System | by Dr. Doris Bergen

The lecture is named for Raphael Lemkin, an author, international lawyer and Polish Jew who coined the term “genocide” and worked for passage of the United Nations genocide convention.

About the Powell and Heller Family Conference
in Support of Holocaust Education

The Powell and Heller families are committed to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and honoring survivors as well as the millions who died. The first annual Powell and Heller Family Conference will take place Friday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center of the University Center. It is intended for educators interested in teaching the Holocaust at the high school, community college or university level. It is also free and open to the public.

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