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1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2003 File #358
Contact: Myrna Goodman, Director, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center, (707)664-4296
International Scholar Yehuda Bauer in "Rethinking the Holocaust" Lecture on May 6
Distinguished Holocaust historian Dr. Yehuda Bauer discusses "Rethinking The Holocaust" at the Robert L. Harris lecture at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6 in The Cooperage. The lecture is the highlight of the semester's Holocaust Lecture Series which is free and open to the public.Currently director of the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Bauer is considered one of the "founding fathers" of Holocaust Studies. He has written over 80 articles and 12 books on the subject. His most recent work,"Rethinking the Holocaust" (Yale University Press, 2001) has been widely acclaimed.
In that book, he presents an overview and reconsideration of the history and meaning of the Holocaust. Drawing on research he and other historians have done in recent years, he offers new opinions on such basic issues as how to define and explain the Holocaust and how it can be compared with other genocides.
He also explores Jewish theology of the Holocaust, arguing that the Jewish view of the Holocaust should not be clouded by mysticism: it was an action by humans against other humans and is therefore an explicable event that could be prevented from recurring.
For fifteen years, between 1980-1995, Professor Bauer chaired the President of Israel's Study Circle. In 1998, the fiftieth anniversary of the state, he was honored with his country's highest civilian award, the Israel Prize. Bauer has also served as the historical advisor on films and television series.
Indicative of his international stature, Professor Bauer was invited to address the German Parliament in 1998 on Holocaust Memorial Day. Both the President and Chancellor of Germany were in attendance. In 2000 he was one of the keynote speakers at the International Stockholm Forum on the Holocaust.
For further information, contact Myrna Goodman, Director, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center, (707) 664-4296.