Lost Voices: Greek Jews and The Holocaust
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Unlocking Sarah's Key: A Collaboration with Evil

Lecturer: Lorraine Barbara Wind

Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Since France's Revolution of 1789, which took as its motto, "Liberté, Fraternité, Egalité," conservative elements of French society sought a return to its old regime. Although victorious against Germany in WWI, France found itself threatened by its former foe in 1940. Rather than fight, Marshall Henri Phillipe Pétain, a celebrated hero of that war, viewed this threat as an opportunity to create a new France, one that embraced the values of facism rather than democracy.

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Sugiharas Conspiracy of Kindness
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 1:00 PM

In the fall of 1939 Hitler's murderous wave was sweeping through Eastern Europe. In the face of the Nazi onslaught, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara made a decision that would change his life and thousands of others. With no possible hope for reward and at great risk to his family and career, Sugihara acted on his inner-most beliefs and used his diplomatic power to rescue desperate Jewish refugees.

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Launched in the Fall 2010 in partnership with the Common Ground Campaign, Muslim Student Association, Newman Catholic Center, and Hillel, this program aims to bring together diverse groups of students on the Queensborough Community College campus to take part in dialogue facilitated by members of the Center.

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Kristallnacht
Sunday, November 08, 2009