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The Committee assists churches and related organizations in developing educational and commemorative materials addressing the historical aspects and profound moral implications of the Holocaust. It seeks to assist schools, colleges, universities, and community organizations that sponsor special courses or programs on the implications of the Holocaust, and investigates the relationship of the Holocaust to the past history and future potential of Jewish/Christian relations.
The Committee on Church Relations and the Holocaust is an integral part of the Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. The Center is a related scholarly organization of the American Academy of Religion (AAR).
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In Memoriam: Cardinal Lustiger
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris. He strove constantly to build bridges of interfaith and interethnic understanding and was an outspoken opponent of racism and antisemitism.
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In Memoriam: Sister Rose Thering
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Sister Rose Thering, a passionate voice against antisemitism and a pioneer in Catholic-Jewish relations. In 1961 Sister Rose submitted her dissertation at St. Louis University on the negative portrayal of Jews and Judaism that was widespread in Catholic teaching materials.
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In Memoriam: Pope John Paul II
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum mourns the passing of Pope John Paul II, whose experiences as a young man under Nazi occupation were to shape much of his papacy. He will be remembered for many historic achievements, among them his singular commitment to strengthening Catholic-Jewish understanding.
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The Interfaith Story behind Nostra Aetate
2005 is the 40th anniversary of one of the most significant breakthroughs in Jewish-Christian relations, the ratification in 1965 by the Second Vatican Council of Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.
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Persecution of Jews over the Centuries
To provide background information on the subject of Christian Persecution of the Jews, the Committee on Church Relations and the Holocaust asked Fr. Gerard Sloyan to address this sensitive subject. Fr. John Pawlikowski, Chairman of the Committee on Church Relations and the Holocaust, provides an introduction to the excerpted piece.
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Antisemitism: Special Two-Part Presentation
In December 2003, the Center organized two programs with recognized experts who explored antisemitism in the context of Holocaust history and its troubling resurgence today.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the few church leaders who stood in courageous opposition to the Fuehrer and his policies. To honor his memory, the Church Relations department of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum asked Victoria Barnett to write an essay about Bonhoeffer spanning the years from the rise of Nazism until his death in the Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1945...
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