Heroines of the Holocaust: New Frameworks of Resistance, a ground-breaking international Conference, Foundation Hall, Wagner College, Staten kristin smart Island, N.Y., June 15-16 2022. Opening Roundtable. Dr.Judy Baumel-Schwartz is the Director of the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, at Bar-Ilan University; Dr. Andrea Pető is a Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, and a Doctor of elon musk children Science at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Steven Meed, Editor and Translator (and son of Vladka Meed); Rachel Einwohner, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University. Welcome and Introduction Remarks by organizers: Dr. Lori Weintrob, Professor of History and Director, Wagner College Holocaust Center, and Dr. Laura Morowitz, Professor of Art History, Senior Research and Programming Associate, Wagner College Holocaust Center. The activities of women during the Holocaust have often been forgotten, erased, misunderstood, or intentionally distorted. Jewish women and those of all faiths fought with dignity, compassion, and matthew schaefer courage to save others from the murderous Nazi regime in over 30 nations. Women played essential roles in operating educational, cultural, and humanitarian initiatives, and in armed uprisings as fighters, strategists, and couriers of intelligence and false papers. In other genocides, women also faced horrendous atrocities, yet distinguished themselves with resilience and acts of moral courage. This symposium hopes to create a new narrative around agency in the Shoah and other genocides, which may inspire transformative activism today.
