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2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

Emmy MayerA short story of Kurt Mayer’s mother.née Strauß(born 1907, in Mainz; died 1994, in San Francisco)Emmy Strauss, called the “Bouquetche” (little bouquet), was the daughter of Gerson Strauss and his wife Clementine, née Gernsheimer, who ran a butcher shop at Betzelsgasse 8. Emmy attended the Upper Girls’ School from 1913-1921. In 1928 she married textiles wholesaler Joseph Mayer (Familie Mayer & Co., Gärtnergasse). Due to the growing pressure of discrimination and persecution in National

Emmy MayerA short story of Kurt Mayer’s mother.née Strauß(born 1907, in Mainz; died 1994, in San Francisco)Emmy Strauss, called the “Bouquetche” (little bouquet), was the daughter of Gerson Strauss and his wife Clementine, née Gernsheimer, who ran a butcher shop at Betzelsgasse 8. Emmy attended the Upper Girls’ School from 1913-1921. In 1928 she married textiles wholesaler Joseph Mayer (Familie Mayer & Co., Gärtnergasse). Due to the growing pressure of discrimination and persecution in National

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

Emmy MayerA short story of Kurt Mayer’s mother.née Strauß(born 1907, in Mainz; died 1994, in San Francisco)Emmy Strauss, called the “Bouquetche” (little bouquet), was the daughter of Gerson Strauss and his wife Clementine, née Gernsheimer, who ran a butcher shop at Betzelsgasse 8. Emmy attended the Upper Girls’ School from 1913-1921. In 1928 she married textiles wholesaler Joseph Mayer (Familie Mayer & Co., Gärtnergasse). Due to the growing pressure of discrimination and persecution in National

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

Emmy MayerA short story of Kurt Mayer’s mother.née Strauß(born 1907, in Mainz; died 1994, in San Francisco)Emmy Strauss, called the “Bouquetche” (little bouquet), was the daughter of Gerson Strauss and his wife Clementine, née Gernsheimer, who ran a butcher shop at Betzelsgasse 8. Emmy attended the Upper Girls’ School from 1913-1921. In 1928 she married textiles wholesaler Joseph Mayer (Familie Mayer & Co., Gärtnergasse). Due to the growing pressure of discrimination and persecution in National

Emmy MayerA short story of Kurt Mayer’s mother.née Strauß(born 1907, in Mainz; died 1994, in San Francisco)Emmy Strauss, called the “Bouquetche” (little bouquet), was the daughter of Gerson Strauss and his wife Clementine, née Gernsheimer, who ran a butcher shop at Betzelsgasse 8. Emmy attended the Upper Girls’ School from 1913-1921. In 1928 she married textiles wholesaler Joseph Mayer (Familie Mayer & Co., Gärtnergasse). Due to the growing pressure of discrimination and persecution in National

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

Emmy MayerA short story of Kurt Mayer’s mother.née Strauß(born 1907, in Mainz; died 1994, in San Francisco)Emmy Strauss, called the “Bouquetche” (little bouquet), was the daughter of Gerson Strauss and his wife Clementine, née Gernsheimer, who ran a butcher shop at Betzelsgasse 8. Emmy attended the Upper Girls’ School from 1913-1921. In 1928 she married textiles wholesaler Joseph Mayer (Familie Mayer & Co., Gärtnergasse). Due to the growing pressure of discrimination and persecution in National