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Conference ScheduleConference Registration The conference is free and open to the public.   SpeakersWednesday, October 24Cathy L. RozmusFrancis R. NicosiaRobert P. EricksenCathy L. RozmusCommentator Title: Video: “Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich” Presentation Title: “Lessons From Nazi Germany for Today’s Healthcare Providers” Who: Cathy L. Rozmus, Ph.D., R.N. Vice Dean UTH Bio: Cathy L. Rozmus PhD, RN is PARTNERS Professor and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Cizik

Women and The Holocaust in FilmThursday, Oct. 13 Oma and Bella 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Ingram 100 | Directed by Alexa Karolinski “Oma and Bella is an intimate portrait of two elderly Jewish women in Berlin with humor, powerful stories, and a deep fondness for good food. As the documentary follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two Holocaust survivors who stayed in Germany. They answer questions of heritage, memory and identity, ultimately, through the recreation of the sumptuous

Women and The Holocaust in FilmThursday, Oct. 13 Oma and Bella 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Ingram 100 | Directed by Alexa Karolinski “Oma and Bella is an intimate portrait of two elderly Jewish women in Berlin with humor, powerful stories, and a deep fondness for good food. As the documentary follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two Holocaust survivors who stayed in Germany. They answer questions of heritage, memory and identity, ultimately, through the recreation of the sumptuous

Women and The Holocaust in FilmThursday, Oct. 13 Oma and Bella 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Ingram 100 | Directed by Alexa Karolinski “Oma and Bella is an intimate portrait of two elderly Jewish women in Berlin with humor, powerful stories, and a deep fondness for good food. As the documentary follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two Holocaust survivors who stayed in Germany. They answer questions of heritage, memory and identity, ultimately, through the recreation of the sumptuous

debate, and offers a new framework for the proper historical and ethical evaluation of religious leadership during the Holocaust. “The Holocaust and the Pope’s Dilemma” – Jacques Kornberg Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the most challenging moments in its history. Elected in 1939, Pius XII spoke out against war and destruction, but his refusal to publicly condemn Nazi Germany and its allies for mass atrocities and genocide remain controversial over seventy years after

called Jews Across the Americas (with Laura Leibman). She has published on Sephardi food, schools, beauty contests, and Latin American Jewish History in general. She is currently finishing a manuscript on Argentine youth in Zionist movements (1940s-1970s). She is co-President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA). Conference ScheduleJoana BürgerPresentation Title: “Sephardic, Turkish, German, Stateless: A Mixed Family’s Story of Surviving Nazi Germany” Who: Joana Bürger, Ph.D

and share his story as an educational tool, and it allowed my son to bear witness to his Opa’s life as a young boy growing up in Nazi Germany. Natalie Mayer plans to continue to take classes at PLU and most likely will earn a degree in Sociology/Psychology with a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. She might even be at PLU when her son Elliott starts in 2017. Volume 2, Issue 2 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University's flagship magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU

Regency RoomProfessor Adriana M. Brodsky, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, “‘En Memoria de Nuestros Hermanos.’: Argentine Sephardim and the Holocaust.” Joana Bürger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington-Seattle, “Sephardic, Turkish, German, Stateless: A Mixed Family’s Story of Surviving Nazi Germany” Convener: Giovanna Urdangarain, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, PLU 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. – Break 11:15 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. – “Survivors’ Voices,” AUC Regency RoomAndreas Algava, Survivor, “600

such did not exist” Jewish and Catholic Girls in Private Convent Schools in Nazi Germany, 1933-38 Suzanne Vromen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Bard College, New York Title: “Belgian Nuns and their Rescue of Jewish Children” 5:15 – 6:30 p.m. – Pre-Keynote Reception $30 (Scandinavian Center, AUC) Join PLU Holocaust and Genocide Studies faculty, conference speakers and other attendees for a pre-keynote reception with a delicious light fare—Register here 6:45 – 7:00 p.m. – Musical Performance

years old when he witnessed his father’s shop destroyed by SS soldiers in an incident known as “Kristallnacht.” In one night, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews and sent some 30,000 Jewish men to Nazi concentration camps. The press covered the event, the news went out worldwide, but no one responded. John can still recall when they received a letter saying that they had six-weeks to leave Germany or they would be put into