Holocaust survivor speaks for Yom Ha’Shoa
On Thursday, April 16, Holocaust survivor Jean Malkischer spoke about her own experiences as part of Vassar’s recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Malkischer’s talk was one of several events organized…
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Jewish scholar re-examines Holocaust survivor videos
On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University Jeffrey Shandler delivered the annual Dr. Maurice Sitomer Lecture, entitled “Seeing As Believing: Watching Videotaped Interviews with…
Holocaust memory honored on campus
“To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,” wrote Theodor Adormo, a German philosopher who wrote extensively about society and Germany’s responsibility for the Holocaust in 1949. The question he raises…