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By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Jan. 29, 2015)—Molly Loberg ’98 has been awarded the History Article Prize by The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the oldest and largest association for female historians in the country, for her publication “The Streetscape…
manipulated the city to portray an image of what Germany “should be.” While at PLU, Loberg worked with Holocaust historian and Professor Christopher Browning, studying the roots of the Third Reich. She cites his influence on her current work and success, along with that of History Professor Beth Kraig and former History Professor Phillip Nordquist. “Christopher Browning’s Holocaust course was truly life-changing,” Loberg said. “It determined my career path. Furthermore, his course taught all of us the
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
Eva Nathan Testimonial Eva Nathan, 59, describes growing up in Uruguay as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Her mother did not talk about the Holocaust for decades, but Eva says it was always “implicit.” Read English Transcript Read Spanish Transcript January 29, 2023
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Poster courtesy of Pierre Sauvage. Hiding in Plain Sight: Filmmaker researches his roots and into the rescue of Jews at Le Chambon-sur-Lignon By Barbara Clements Content Development Director Pierre Sauvage, just 18, remembered being shocked by the news: He was Jewish? And his parents survived…
throughout the Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference this week. “There were Holocaust survivors who talked, and those who didn’t,” said Sauvage, who will talk about his film and the Huguenot community that saved his family and thousands of others. Sauvage’s parents were definitely of the second category, but once he knew his story, Sauvage, who switched from a journalism career to filmmaking in France, pursued his passion of finding the unknown stories of the Holocaust. “I knew I was born in Le
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Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons By Chris Albert, Barbara Clements, Loren Liden ’11 The silence of the ghetto in 1940s Holland is broken by whistling, shouting and the thud of doors being kicked in by the S.S. The teenage Philip Wagenaar, lays in his…
March 22, 2010 Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons By Chris Albert, Barbara Clements, Loren Liden ’11 The silence of the ghetto in 1940s Holland is broken by whistling, shouting and the thud of doors being kicked in by the S.S. The teenage Philip Wagenaar, lays in his bed waiting for the horror. He knows the Nazi soldiers are there to take Jews away to concentration camps. Holocaust survivor Philip Wagenaar shares his story at PLU’s third annual Powell and Heller Holocaust
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The White Rose member Sophie Scholl, center, was arrested by the Gestapo on Feb. 18, 1943, and, along with two other members, was executed by guillotine on Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of The White Rose exhibit.) PLU Hosts International Photo Exhibit ‘The White Rose’ in…
March 6, 2014 The White Rose member Sophie Scholl, center, was arrested by the Gestapo on Feb. 18, 1943, and, along with two other members, was executed by guillotine on Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of The White Rose exhibit.) PLU Hosts International Photo Exhibit ‘The White Rose’ in Support of Holocaust Conference By PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University hosts the international traveling exhibit Die Weisse Rose: The White Rose from March 10-April 1 in the university’s Mortvedt
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Sophia Mahr ’18 analyzed how and why medical providers repeatedly and deliberately harmed people in the name of medical science by conducting non-consensual experiments on their subjects.
closely with Mahr on her research of unethical medical studies. “Beth is one of the most accessible professors I’ve ever had.” Sophia Mahr '18 knew the devastating numbers. She knew stories of survival and stories of deep suffering. But seeing the concentration camps, and the faces who carry on a survivor’s story, offered Mahr new eyes through which to examine the tragedy experienced during the Holocaust. “Being with the Mayer family gave me the personal connection,” she recalled of her January 2015
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Thinking about graduate study in history? Pacific Lutheran University history majors have an excellent track record when it comes to earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. (or both) in history. I recently touched base with Carli Snyder, ’17, about her first year in grad school.…
year in grad school. Carli completed two Kurt Mayer Holocaust Research Summer Fellowships at PLU and is continuing her research as she works toward her Ph.D. at the City University of New York Graduate Center [CUNY]. First, don’t forget that grad school can take you to exciting locations. Carli had never visited New York City before she started at CUNY, but when she has some spare time away from studies, she greatly enjoys checking out many opportunities for adventure (and relaxation) Her
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Associate Professor of Psychology | Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs | clcook@plu.edu | 253-535-7471 | My research explores how social motives and beliefs (e.g., religious, existential, or social beliefs) influence perceptions of threats and opportunities regarding others in our social environment.
Corey L. Cook Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: 253-535-7471 Email: clcook@plu.edu Office Loc
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The 253 PLU Bound scholarship recipient from the Key Peninsula near Tacoma began his first year intending to major in music education. But best-laid plans often go awry. Lindhartsen soon realized that wasn’t the path for him. He knew he wanted to study music, but…
Holocaust and genocide studies. As they began taking classes for both, it was their minor that intrigued them and they soon realized they had a passion for Holocaust and genocide studies. Query is friends with Lindhartsen and saw firsthand how he was able to design an individualized major to reflect his specific interests. Thye reached out to Professor Lisa Marcus to discuss if they could do the same around their interest in Holocaust and genocide studies.PASSION BECOMES A PATHWAYDuring his junior year
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Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge and coverage by US media by Kathryn Perkins ’13 In 1975 over one-fourth of the Cambodian people were murdered. Not by foreign aggressors or malicious diseases, but by their own people. The Khmer Rouge, a communist…
January 31, 2013 Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge and coverage by US media by Kathryn Perkins ’13 In 1975 over one-fourth of the Cambodian people were murdered. Not by foreign aggressors or malicious diseases, but by their own people. The Khmer Rouge, a communist regime with a Utopian dream, decimated its own country. Like the Holocaust, the history of Cambodia needs to be remembered. The Cambodian genocide is part of a larger story of human atrocities in the 20th century
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