A critical discussion at a crucial moment. In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Judy Woodruff and a panel of leading experts discuss how media, educators, religious institutions, and governments can fight Holocaust denial and deepen understanding of the genocide.

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Remembering: Talking About the Holocaust in the 21st Century

Thursday, January 26, 2023

5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion | McNally Amphitheatre  
7 p.m. Reception | Platt Court

Fordham University | Lincoln Center Campus
Lowenstein Center |  113 West 60th Street, NYC

Presented by Fordham University and the Under-Told Stories Project of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, in partnership with the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. Supported in part by Exploring Hate. 

The program will include a screening of Fred de Sam Lazaro’s 2022 PBS NewsHour segment on the children’s book Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued. Written and illustrated by Peter Sís, it tells the story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler,” who helped 669 children escape Czechoslovakia just before Nazi occupation.

Moderators:

• Fred de Sam Lazaro, Correspondent/Director, The Under-Told Stories Project
• Peter Osnos, Founder, PublicAffairs Books

Panelists:

• Judy Woodruff, Anchor, PBS NewsHour
• Magda Teter, Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies, Fordham University
• James Loeffler, Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History, University of Virginia
• Linda Kinstler, Author of Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends

Special Guest:
Eva Paddock, Educator and One of “Winton’s Children” Rescued from Czechoslovakia on the Eve of World War II. 

Remembering: Talking About the Holocaust in the 21st Century is part of the Under-Told Stories Forum, an annual lecture event informed by the work of the Under-Told Stories Project and PBS NewsHour. The project’s goal is to enhance public understanding of pressing global issues through the stories of ordinary people that vividly illustrate their relevance.

If you have any questions, please write to rsvp@fordham.edu or call 212-636-6574.