Exclusion, Violence, Genocide: The Holocaust Legacy Forum Program

• Educational
• Motivational Speakers

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This conference explores the Holocaust in an interdisciplinary perspective, representing history, law, economics, journalism, psychology, sociology, education and political science. The format reflects the newly approved social studies content areas in public education and will feature web-based curricular resources. The forum addresses several key questions about the Holocaust and its legacy: What historical context breeds the totalitarian state and nourishes the machinery for mass destruction? Which legal, educational, and family institutions were harnessed by the Nazi in the service of the Holocaust? What are the tell-tale signs of a genocide in the making? How did the extermination of Jews during the Second World War differ from kindred historical events? Why is fascist ideology still popular today among certain extremist groups? What are the lessons of the Holocaust and how can we prevent such a catastrophe from happening again? The public forum Exclusion, Violence, Genocide: The Holocaust and Its Legacy is part of the Justice & Democracy Forum Series sponsored by the UNLV Center for Democratic Culture and William S. Boyd School of Law. The conference will take place on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 4:00-7:00 p.m., at the Tam Alumni Building, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Among the distinguished speakers discussing the Holocaust legacies are Gregory Brown, Department of History; Stephen Bates, School of Journalism; Addie Rolnick, Boyd School of Law; Robert Futrell, Department of Sociology; Shelley Berkley, Former Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives; Michael Kagan, Boyd School of Law; and Esther Finder, President, Generations of the Shoah Nevada.