Conscience of the Holocaust Lecture featuring Ellen Cassedy

Please join us in room 204 of Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 12:30 p.m. for the annual Conscience of the Holocaust lecture featuring Ellen Cassedy, speaker, journalist, author of non-fiction books, and Yiddish translator.

Cassedy’s talk, “Remembering the Holocaust in Lithuania: Challenges, Controversies, and Hope for a More Tolerant Future” will explore how a nation scarred by genocide comes to terms with “the dark past.” Drawing on ten years of research into tolerance initiatives in Lithuania, award-winning author Ellen Cassedy will shine a spotlight on Holocaust remembrance in a land burdened with seemingly irreconcilable histories. PowerPoint images will accompany the talk.

The intent of the “Conscience of the Holocaust” lecture, however, is more than a day of remembrance of the victims of the holocaust and the Allied liberation of Nazi death camps. It is an effort by Falvey Memorial Library to combat non-violently anti-Semitism, hate, terrorism and genocide, and to positively promote, through intellectual engagement, human rights and the dignity of every human person.

This event, co-sponsored by Falvey Memorial Library, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, the Center for Peace and Justice Education, and the Department of History, is free and open to the public.

http://library.villanova.edu/events/event_series/conscience-of-the-holocaust-lecture/conscience-holocaust-lecture-featuring-ellen-cassedy