VOL. CXVIII, NO. 130
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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016
Holocaust Memorial Week 2016 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
OSU holds events exploring the impact of genocide and eugenics JOSHUA LUCAS | THE DAILY BAROMETER
(TOP) Eva Kor showing the crowd the numbers that were tattooed on her at Auschwitz. (BOTTOM) Kor spoke to a full crowd at the LaSells Stewart Center last night about her experiences during the Holocaust.
I want to share with young people what I have learned and my life lessons. Eva Kor Holocaust survivor Tuesday, May 3 Close to Home: Eugenics in the United States—and at Oregon State University Panel Discussion 7:30 p.m. | LaSells Stewart Center Wednesday, May 4 What Have We Learned About Genocide? Lecturer: Scott Strauss 7:30 p.m. | LaSells Stewart Center Thursday, May 5 Building the Case against Perpetrators of Genocide Lecturer: Lawrence Douglas 7:30 p.m. | LaSells Stewart Center
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late 19th century and into the 20th century, accordBy The Daily Barometer In 1944, Eva Kor, along with her family was taken ing to the webpage. Linda Richards, an instructor in to Auschwitz where she lost her parents and two history and history of science at OSU will address sisters. Mozes’ life, and that of her twin sister, was the question of whether or not Linus Pauling, one spared, but the two were then subjected to experi- of OSU’s best-known alumnus, was a eugenicist. ments by Dr. Josef Mengele. Michael Dicianna, a 2012 OSU graduate and current Last night Kor spoke on the Oregon State Portland State University raduate student in public University campus about surviving Auschwitz history will conclude the panel by discussing the and her experiences with Mengele, along with the teachings of eugenics at OSC. importance of Holocaust education. Wednesday will see a lecture by Scott Straus, a Kor’s speech was a part of the OSU 2016 Holocaust professor of political sciMemorial Week at OSU. According to the unience and international versity’s website, OSU has studies at the University been observing Holocaust of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Week every year about the proclivity toward since 1987. genocide in the 20th cen“This program grows tury and the continuing from the belief that educaproblem in Africa and the tional institutions can do Middle East. The lecture is much to combat prejudice entitled, “What Have We of all kinds, and to foster Learned About Genocide respect for the diversity Prevention?” and will be that is America, by proheld in the C&E auditomoting an awareness of rium at 7:30 p.m. the Holocaust, pherhaps the most horrif historiThe last lecture will cal indicator of the high take place Thursday, and cost of prejudice,” the OSU is entitled, “Building the webpage for the Holocaust CAse Against Perpetrators Memorial Program reads. of Genocide.” Lawrence OSU states that it Douglas, the James J. is important to teach Garfield Professor of young people about the law, jurisprudence and Holocaust so that coming social thought at Amherst generations will not forget the lessons that have been College will examine how learned. prosecutros at Nuremberg This year’s Holocaus built thier cases against Memorial Week will the perpetrators of the consist of five different Holocaust. Douglas will speakers. also be doing a bookLast night, Kor gave signing. He has published a talk at the LaSells and lectured extensibely Stewart Center entitled on legal issues, published “On Forgiveness and Dr. dozens of work of nonMengele.” Kor has cofiction and had two novauthored three books and made a DVD about her COURTESY OF NATALIA BUENO els published, several experiences. In 1984 Kor (Top) Scott Straus will give the lecture, of which deal with the organized a foundatin “ Wh at H a ve We Le a r n ed A b o ut Holocaust. called CANDLES, which “The breadth and the Genocide?”, and (Bottom) Lawrence tracked the survivors of duration of our effort are Douglas will give the lecture, “Building Mengele’s experiments, unmatched in the Pacific and in 1995, she opened The Case Against Perpetrators of Northwest,” the OSU Genocide,” throughout the week. a Holocaust museum in webage for the Holocaust Indiana. Memorial Program reads. Today’s event is entitled “Eugenics and Scientific Racism in the Pacific Northwest,” and is a panel For more information, visit the OSU Holocaust that will focus on eugenics in the U.S., the Pacific Memorial Week webpage. Northwest and at OSU. Kor’s appearance had not concluded by the time Kristin Johnson, an associate professor in the science, technology, and society program at the of production, but for a full recap of the speech, University of Puget Sound, will start the panel by please see The Daily Barometer’s webpage, www. discussing what eugenics was and the implications DailyBarometer.com. it had for minorities and other social groups of the baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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