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Powell-Heller Conference: Empowerment March 12-14, 2014Mission: 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 Northwest. This conference believes that through this education and from the teachings of present day scholars we will create an understanding of mutual respect among people for future generations.Speaker BiographiesSam Brill of Valley Forge, PA is the

Powell-Heller Conference: Empowerment March 12-14, 2014Mission: 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 Northwest. This conference believes that through this education and from the teachings of present day scholars we will create an understanding of mutual respect among people for future generations.Speaker BiographiesSam Brill of Valley Forge, PA is the

Powell-Heller Conference: Empowerment March 12-14, 2014Mission: 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 Northwest. This conference believes that through this education and from the teachings of present day scholars we will create an understanding of mutual respect among people for future generations.Speaker BiographiesSam Brill of Valley Forge, PA is the

Law School. Dr. Lenore J. Weitzman She has been a professor at Stanford University, the University of California, George Mason University, and Harvard University — where she received Harvard’s “Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Teaching Award.” Weitzman’s current work focuses on the Holocaust. She co-edited Women in the Holocaust, (Yale, 1999) with Dalia Ofer, a finalist for two Jewish Book Awards, and is now writing a book on the “Kashariyot”, the young women who were secret “couriers” for the Jewish

Editor’s Note On Campus Discovery Research Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Alumni Profiles Homecoming 2015 Twin Cities ‘Waste Not’ Seattle Connections Easter Egg Hunt Night at the Rainiers Alumni Events Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Home Cover Story About Kurt Mayer Kurt Mayer was born Jan. 14, 1930, in Mainz, Germany, to Joe and Emmy Mayer. The family escaped to the United States during the Holocaust and settled in San Francisco. In 1957, Mayer moved to Tacoma

inactions) taken by the Vatican during the Holocaust and in the years leading up to it. In particular, the film will focus on a variety of Americans – diplomatic and clerical – who attempted to influence Vatican policies during this period. Pressman will share clips from the film and take us behind the scenes as he talks about the film’s production. Presenter: Steve Pressman, Documentary Filmmaker Moderator: Robert P. Ericksen, Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies, Emeritus, PLU Thursday, November 29:00 a.m

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

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

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