29 April – July 1 2001
20 conferences
List of Teachers:
- Prof. Haim Avni
- Prof. David Bankier
- Dra. Graciela Ben Dror
- Lic. Rahel Hodara
- Lic. Avraham Milgram
- Lic. Natan Ofek
- Dr. Luis Roniger
- Dr. Leonardo Senkman
Academic coordination:
Dr. Mario E. Ablin
The extermination of the Jewish people in Europe by the Nazi regime and their Allies constitutes a unique historic phenomenon creating important issues for human condition, seriously questioning moral, cultural and social premises deemed strongly established in modernity.
In spite of the great impact that the Shoah has had in the creation of the collective identity of the Jewish people and in the creation and development of the modern State of Israel, the Holocaust also constitutes a tragic landmark in universal history.
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation offered Spanish speaking people this course with the aim of creating a critical and interdisciplinary framework about the Holocaust, with special stress to the ideological – political and moral aspects of that tragic process. Special attention was given in the course to the figure of diplomats and ecclesiastic dignitaries who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees during the Shoah, a group headed by archetypal people such as the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and Vatican Nuncio Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (later known as Pope John XXIII).
The course was given by a qualified group of teachers, specialized in the Holocaust.
Program
| Sunday, April 29 | Introduction Mario E. Ablin The Holocaust in its historic context Prof. Haim Avni |
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| Sunday, May 6 | The Holocaust in its historic context Prof. Haim Avni Nazi politics and ideology Prof. David Bankier |
| Sunday, May 13 | Nazi politics and ideology Prof. David Bankier Nazi anti-Semitism: ¿continuity or historic rupture? Leonardo Senkman |
| Sunday, May 20 | Genocide and terrorism of State: a comparative perspective Luis Roniger Modernity and Holocaust Mario E. Ablin |
| Sunday, June 3 | The Nazi plan to destroy the European Judaism 1933-1945 Avraham Milgram The perpetrators : the murderer profile Natan Ofek |
| Sunday, June 10 | Everyday life of women in the ghettos Rahel Hodara El outrage of human dignity in the camps Rahel Hodara |
| Sunday, June 17 | The dilemmas of Jewish leadership in the ghettos Rahel Hodara The righteous of the Nations: Christians who saved Jews Rahel Hodara |
| Friday June 22 | Guided tour to the historic Museum of the Holocaust in Yad Vashem Mario E. Ablin |
| Sunday, June 24 | Diplomacy and politics during the Holocaust: Raoul Wallenberg and other diplomats who rescued Jews Avraham Milgram Foreign policy of Latin-American countries during the Holocaust Leonardo Senkman |
| Sunday, July 1 | Catholic Church in the Holocaust : lights and shadows Graciela Ben Dror Conclusion of the course Mario E. Ablin |
