Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education
“Holocaust Distortion and Denial”
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Free and Open to the Public - Registration Required
All Times Posted are Pacific Standard (PST)
8:30-8:45am: Coffee and Gather
Outside of Regency Room, Anderson University Center
8:45-9:00am: Greetings
Introductions by President Allan Belton, Prof. Dan Michman, Head of The International Institute for Holocaust Research and Incumbent of the John Najmann Chair of Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, and Nancy Powell, Powell Family Foundation.
9:00-10:00am: “Holocaust Distortion and Denial``
Dr. Yehuda Bauer, Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Introduction by Dr. Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
10:00-10:30am: Commentary and Q&A
Hosted by Dr. Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
10:30-11:00am: BREAK
11:00-12:00pm: “Holocaust Denial in the Courtroom: the Zuendel and Irving-Lipstadt Trials”
Dr. Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
Introduction by Dr. Robert P. Ericksen, Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Emeritus, PLU
12:00-1:00pm: Presentations from the Mayer Summer Research Scholars
Sahara Jones ’23 – “‘Although Humanity Hates Us, Our Life is Beautiful’: A study of the Nazi Persecution of Lesbian and Transgender Women During the Holocaust”
Brooklyn Sudnikovich-Eddy ’23 – “Music in the Holocaust”
Introduction by Natalie Mayer and Lisa Marcus, Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Professor of English, PLU