8 am

Registration

9 am

WELCOME
Sister Francesca Onley, CSFN, PhD, President, Holy Family University
Sister Maureen McGarrity, CSFN, PhD, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Holy Family University

The Secret Mission of the German Abwehr: To Defeat the ThirdReich
Harry Carl Schaub, JD

10 am

Frankl and Freud: The Relationship Between Logotherapy and Literature
John Woznicki, PhD, Holy Family University

Holocaust and the Law: The Impact of the Holocaust on International Law and Domestic Legal Regimes
Ulrich Frisse, PhD, LLM, University of Western Ontario

The Risks of Using Holocaust Education to Promote “Values”
Mary J. Maudsley, JD, MA, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

11 am 

Radical Evil
William Zulch, PhD, Holy Family University  

Vindication and Glory: The Blessed Martyrs of Novogrodek
Sister Rita Kathryn Sperka, CSFN, Holy Family University

Pre-War Gender Roles: Community Networks and Surrogate Families
Holly Hidalgo, MA, University of Delaware

Noon

LUNCH

1 pm

Panel: Holocaust Commemoration in Germany
Michael Hayse, PhD, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Maria Hoover and Allison Carroll, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Holocaust Survivors in Late Life
Rochelle Robbins, PhD, Holy Family University

Modern-Day Genocide
Adrienne Spano-Carter, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

2 pm

The Role of Force in Stopping Genocide
Kenneth J. Campbell, PhD, University of Delaware

Holocaust Art: A Visual Narrative
Owen Ward, Chestnut Hill College

Panel: Family Memories – A Lifespan Perspective
Elisa Levin Mindlin and Nick Weingarten, Holy Family University

3 pm

BREAK

3:30 pm

The Nuremberg Contribution to Post Conflict Justice
Harry M. Rhea, PhD Candidate, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Art and the Holocaust
Jeannie Pflumm and Mark Ludwig

Panel: Oral Histories from Post-War Bensalem
Chris Quinn, PhD, and accelerated students, Holy Family University

4:30 pm

Silenced Voices: Music in Terezín
Mark Ludwig, Terezin Music Foundation
 

9 am

Keynote Address
Aaron Elster

10 am

The Rhetoric of the Univers Concentrationnaire: A Comparative Study of Tadeusz Borowski’s “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” and Cynthia Ozick’s “The Shawl”
Maria Jesus Fernandez-Gil, PhD Candidate, University of Salamanca,  Spain

The Nazis’ Legal Assault on The Jews: U.S. Diplomatic Responses
Harry Reicher, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Daniel Hanks, III, PhD, Holy Family University

11 am 

Concluding Panel Discussion: Music and Art as a Means of Transformation and Healing
Moderated by Mark Ludwig, Terezin Music Foundation