Visiting scholar will give Holocaust Memorial Lecture at Wash U November 3, 2021 Washington University’s Center for the Humanities will present its annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, focusing this year on “Jewish Physicians and Their Patients: Rescue Strategies in Nazi Occupied Poland.” The guest speaker will be Natalia Aleksiun, professor of Modern Jewish History, Touro College / Incoming Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida-Gainesville. The relationships between Jewish physicians, non-Jewish medical professionals and patients offer a window into rescue efforts in Nazi-occupied Poland. Jewish testimonies, diaries, memoirs and witness statements...
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