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  • Kurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class.

    Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

  • Check these links for information about ordering books by authors whose work is featured at the Eighth Annual Powell Heller Conference for Holocaust Education.

    Books Check these links for information about ordering books by authors whose work is featured at the Eighth Annual Powell Heller Conference for Holocaust Education.   50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany By Steven Pressman http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062237477/50-children Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth By Maria Chavez, Jessica L. Lavariegi Monforti, and Melissa R

  • Kurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class.

    Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

  • Kurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class.

    Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

  • Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and

    Gostisha “Meaning, Logic, and Death: Genocide and its Underlying Causes” Raphael Lemkin Lecture - Spring 2020“Rescue and Resistance” - this event canceled due to Covid-19Dr. Mordecai Paldiel is a leading scholar on the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1937, to Jewish parents who had moved there from Poland – during the German invasion of Belgium, in May 1940, the family fled to France. Originally settled in St. Gaudin, southwestern France, the family, then known as

  • We are pleased to announce that Anna Marko and Austin Karr have been selected as 2023's Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars.

    We are pleased to announce that Anna Marko and Austin Karr have been selected as 2023’s Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars. Anna and Austin will be invited to share their culminating research projects at this Fall’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. Congratulations, Anna and Austin! Kurt Mayer Summer ScholarsThe Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars program offers generous financial support for PLU students who complete substantive research projects in Holocaust Studies. Up to 2 fellowships of up

  • We are pleased to announce that Anna Marko and Austin Karr have been selected as 2023's Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars.

    We are pleased to announce that Anna Marko and Austin Karr have been selected as 2023’s Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars. Anna and Austin will be invited to share their culminating research projects at this Fall’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. Congratulations, Anna and Austin! Kurt Mayer Summer ScholarsThe Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars program offers generous financial support for PLU students who complete substantive research projects in Holocaust Studies. Up to 2 fellowships of up

  • Throughout the years, Nancy Powell had been invited to many Raphael Lemkin Lectures at PLU. The scholars who spoke at the Lemkin Lectures were inspiring and students wanted to hear more.

    Heller and her husband, Harry Heller; Kurt Mayer and his family; many donors from PLU; the Tacoma Jewish community; and surrounding businesses and community members, raised money to build the endowed Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies and the yearly Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference. In 2014, her support helped PLU as it initiated a new minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the first offered in the Pacific Northwest. Growth continues as PLU alumni and Conference participants carry

  • Throughout the years, Nancy Powell had been invited to many Raphael Lemkin Lectures at PLU. The scholars who spoke at the Lemkin Lectures were inspiring and students wanted to hear more.

    Heller and her husband, Harry Heller; Kurt Mayer and his family; many donors from PLU; the Tacoma Jewish community; and surrounding businesses and community members, raised money to build the endowed Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies and the yearly Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference. In 2014, her support helped PLU as it initiated a new minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the first offered in the Pacific Northwest. Growth continues as PLU alumni and Conference participants carry

  • Throughout the years, Nancy Powell had been invited to many Raphael Lemkin Lectures at PLU. The scholars who spoke at the Lemkin Lectures were inspiring and students wanted to hear more.

    Heller and her husband, Harry Heller; Kurt Mayer and his family; many donors from PLU; the Tacoma Jewish community; and surrounding businesses and community members, raised money to build the endowed Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies and the yearly Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference. In 2014, her support helped PLU as it initiated a new minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the first offered in the Pacific Northwest. Growth continues as PLU alumni and Conference participants carry