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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.
the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies and first held by professor of History, Robert P. Ericksen ’67. His children Natalie and Joe and Joe’s wife, Gloria, continue to be active supporters of the Holocaust Studies program at PLU. His memoir, My Personal Brush with History, was published in 2009; it was translated to German and published in 2012.
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The fifth annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference at PLU will focus March 8 on the Nazi plunder of Jewish valuables, along with belated efforts at restitution.
Holocaust Conference looks at art thefts, complicity of church, university leaders during WWIIThe fifth annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference at PLU will focus March 8 on the Nazi plunder of Jewish valuables, along with belated efforts at restitution. There will also be a session on German churches and universities, with speakers discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Catholic Church, and postwar denazification. Sessions on March 9 will focus on education. Holocaust research keeps the
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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.
the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies and first held by professor of History, Robert P. Ericksen ’67. His children Natalie and Joe and Joe’s wife, Gloria, continue to be active supporters of the Holocaust Studies program at PLU. His memoir, My Personal Brush with History, was published in 2009; it was translated to German and published in 2012.
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The fifth annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference at PLU will focus March 8 on the Nazi plunder of Jewish valuables, along with belated efforts at restitution.
Holocaust Conference looks at art thefts, complicity of church, university leaders during WWIIThe fifth annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference at PLU will focus March 8 on the Nazi plunder of Jewish valuables, along with belated efforts at restitution. There will also be a session on German churches and universities, with speakers discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Catholic Church, and postwar denazification. Sessions on March 9 will focus on education. Holocaust research keeps the
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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.
the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies and first held by professor of History, Robert P. Ericksen ’67. His children Natalie and Joe and Joe’s wife, Gloria, continue to be active supporters of the Holocaust Studies program at PLU. His memoir, My Personal Brush with History, was published in 2009; it was translated to German and published in 2012.
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PLU graduate studies the Kindertransport By Barbara Clements Their faces stare out from yellowed passport photos. Some are smiling. Some scared. Some of carrying suitcases. Many are only holding their younger siblings or nothing at all. This photo is of the first transport from Berlin…
the outbreak of violence by the Nazi party began in German and Austria against the Jewish community. The transports of the children, without their parents, continued until late 1939, when England entered WWII. In her research, she found, for example, that all male children from Austria and Germany, even though they were Jewish, were considered enemy aliens. Some were even deported back to the countries from where they had just fled. Whereas many of the Czech children returned home to their
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Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes…
March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of
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Chair’s report on scholarships and activities By Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Bob Ericksen received several notable invitations this year, including an opportunity to give the annual Raul Hilberg Memorial Lecture at the University of Vermont. Hilberg spent his entire career…
before his Monday, Oct. 29 lecture. Bob Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies, at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo by John Froschauer) He and his host then nervously watched news reports as Hurricane Sandy headed up the coast. The hurricane arrived on the same evening as the lecture, meaning that the campus was closed and the lecture had to be canceled. This lecture, “German Churches and the Holocaust: Assessing the Argument for Complicity,” now rescheduled for April 22, will then be
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coursework World LanguagesFrench Language, Level 259FREN 2013Gen Ed (Exploring Values & Worldviews)Any 200-level or higher French language coursework World LanguagesGerman Language, Level 150GERM 101 & 1026ElectiveAny prior German language coursework World LanguagesGerman Language, Level 260GERM 2013Gen Ed (Exploring Values & Worldviews)Any 200-level or higher German language coursework World LanguagesSpanish Language, Level 150HISP 101 & 1026ElectiveAny prior Spanish language coursework World
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Originally Published in 2014 Sometimes being sick isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, what it means to be sick —or to be healthy for that matter— might surprise us. As the growing field of Religion and Healing shows, our understanding of what…
that makes PLU an ideal place to prepare for work in the medical field. One of the things that makes PLU such an exceptional place is our foundation in the Lutheran tradition, which challenges us to explore the vocation of healing — rather than the profession of it — and to think about healing the whole person in the context of their own community. Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-ScholarExpanding the Mind in German Studies Read Previous Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Read Next
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