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A short story of Kurt Mayer's mother.
success with his own business successes. Joseph Mayer worked during the war as a welder in a shipyard. Emmy gave up the thought of returning to live in her birthplace of Mainz when she learned that her sister, Hermine Wertheimer, and her mother, were deported in 1942 and murdered in Sobibor and Belzec. Still, the headstone for Emmy and Joseph Mayer includes the following line: “Born in Mainz am Rhein.” (from: Blick auf Mainzer Frauengeschichte 2003)Excerpt translated by Associate Professor of German
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Opening: September 25th 7 PM Jewish communities can be found in nearly every nation on Earth, and Norway is no exception.
Norwegian society, most notably in Oslo and Trondheim where synagogues were established in both cities. The German invasion of Norway in 1940 changed all of that. The Nazis required Jews to register as such and in 1942, the deportations began. About half the Jewish population escaped to Sweden and over 700 were rounded up, placed on ships, and sent off to concentration camps. There were few survivors and most perished at Auschwitz. Others participated in the Resistance, and after the war, many in
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This fifth annual PLU Lutheran Studies Conference invites participants to consider the ancient legacy of Jewish and Christian separation; Christian sponsored anti-Judaism, especially as that polemic
About the conferenceThis fifth annual conference invites participants to consider the ancient legacy of Jewish and Christian separation; Christian sponsored anti-Judaism, especially as that polemic appeared in the German reformer, Martin Luther; the artistic treasures shared by Jews and Christians; healing practices among Jews and Christians; and the re-shaping of this troubled relationship over the past 50 years through Lutheran and Jewish commitments to reconciliation. Let us be clear: some
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
PLU Alumna Wins the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize Sincerest congratulations to Molly Loberg, PLU alumna ’98, who recently won a highly esteemed prize for her first book! Molly was a History/German major who went on to win a Fulbright for study in Germany and then earned her Ph.D. in history from Princeton! “Molly… February 10, 2020
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For the graduating class of 2024, freshman year was online and confined. So by the time fall came around for sophomore year, they embraced in-person classes, study groups, lunches, dinners, and more. That’s true at least for political science major Kaden Bolton ’24, who graduated…
the project helped understand how a local policy is seen by residents of an area. Bolton is planning to do a master’s degree and, possibly, a PhD in international relations. When he does so, he’ll go back to Oxford, a place he felt part of. When he wasn’t studying overseas, Bolton served as a resident assistant in the German wing of Hong Hall, the international dorm (he minored in German), and was an active member of the Associated Students of PLU. He also got involved in PLU’s Late Knight comedy
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In 1889, the Norwegian Synod sent Bjug Harstad to the Pacific Coast to start a school. He visited Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, and it was decided that Parkland, Wash.
vice president, treasurer and general agent. All official business was conducted in Norwegian until 1918.Norwegian Language InstructionSchool was very important to the Scandinavian immigrants who came in the 1870s and 1880s in search of their own land, comfortable living and education for their children. Additionally, Norwegian fishermen and loggers came to PLU in their offseason to learn English. When the school opened, Harstad taught Religion, Latin, German and Norwegian; thus the Norwegian
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
including those offered by the USHMM and the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. Ilana has helped to plan and lead Holocaust study trips to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Ilana is an Alfred Learner Fellow and a recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Award. Ilana is the proud mom of 2 children. Hartmut Lehmann, Professor Emeritus at the University of Kiel, is the former director of the Max Planck Institute for History in Goettingen and founding director of the German
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
including those offered by the USHMM and the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. Ilana has helped to plan and lead Holocaust study trips to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Ilana is an Alfred Learner Fellow and a recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Award. Ilana is the proud mom of 2 children. Hartmut Lehmann, Professor Emeritus at the University of Kiel, is the former director of the Max Planck Institute for History in Goettingen and founding director of the German
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
including those offered by the USHMM and the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. Ilana has helped to plan and lead Holocaust study trips to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Ilana is an Alfred Learner Fellow and a recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Award. Ilana is the proud mom of 2 children. Hartmut Lehmann, Professor Emeritus at the University of Kiel, is the former director of the Max Planck Institute for History in Goettingen and founding director of the German
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
including those offered by the USHMM and the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. Ilana has helped to plan and lead Holocaust study trips to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Ilana is an Alfred Learner Fellow and a recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Award. Ilana is the proud mom of 2 children. Hartmut Lehmann, Professor Emeritus at the University of Kiel, is the former director of the Max Planck Institute for History in Goettingen and founding director of the German
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