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For the Soul of the People: Reflections on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religion and the Holocaust

Public Program
Catholic women picket outside the German consulate in New York, 1935. USC Digital Library, Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection

Catholic women picket outside the German consulate in New York, 1935. USC Digital Library, Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection

In honor of Victoria J. Barnett’s retirement from her role as Director of the Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, please join us for a panel conversation on religion and the Holocaust with five distinguished scholars in the fields of history, religious studies, and conflict analysis and resolution. The panelists will reflect on interdisciplinary approaches to studying the Christian churches in the Nazi era and Jewish-Christian relations before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Moderator
Dr. Robert Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, Emeritus, Pacific Lutheran University

Panelists
Dr. Doris Bergen, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto

Dr. Mary Boys, Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary

Dr. Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College

Dr. Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Assistant Professor and Director of the Genocide Prevention Program, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

The Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust are supported by the Hoffberger Family Foundation.