Responses to the Holocaust: Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders
July 18-21, 2011
8:30-4:00
8:30-4:00
Jewish Community Campus
5801 W. 115th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
5801 W. 115th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
REGISTER BY JULY 1, 2011 TO RECEIVE
YOUR COURSE BOOK BY MAIL!
YOUR COURSE BOOK BY MAIL!
This one time only graduate-level course examines the roles of Jewish victims, perpetrators, bystanders, the Allies and neutrals in the Holocaust. The course will feature lectures by guest historians, content-based readings, primary source analysis, survivor testimony, group discussion, and practical application for 7th-12th grade classrooms.
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS
July 18-19 will feature presentations by internationally-renowned Auschwitz expert Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt. Through lecture and discussion, based on his book Holocaust: A History, he will focus on the responses of Jewish victims and perpetrators.
July 18-19 will feature presentations by internationally-renowned Auschwitz expert Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt. Through lecture and discussion, based on his book Holocaust: A History, he will focus on the responses of Jewish victims and perpetrators.
July 20 will feature presentations by Dr. Severin Hochberg, formerly of the Senior Historian’s Office at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and currently teaching in the history department at George Washington University. His sessions will include an in-depth analysis of the international response to the Holocaust - including a focus on refugee issues and bystanders - and the responses of the churches to the Holocaust.
July 21 will feature Mitch Braff, executive director of the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF). Through the use of web-based testimonies, he will bring participants’ focus back to Jewish responses to the Holocaust, specifically armed and unarmed resistance.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The course includes pre-reading for the sessions. Readings will be mailed to those who register by Friday, July 1, 2011.
The course includes pre-reading for the sessions. Readings will be mailed to those who register by Friday, July 1, 2011.
A registration fee of $75, payable to MCHE, covers lunch on site Monday and Tuesday, course materials, including Robert Jan Van Pelt’s book, Holocaust: A History as well as curriculum materials and a DVD of partisan testimony from JPEF. Snacks and beverages will be provided each day, with lunch on your own Wednesday and Thursday.
Two hours of optional graduate credit will be available from Baker University. A separate enrollment fee of $100, payable to Baker University, will be collected on the first day of class.
