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The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Lecture Series

Established in 1999, the Schwartz Holocaust Lecture Series brings Holocaust survivors and scholars whose research focuses directly upon the survivors’ experiences. By sharing their remarkable stories, they give voice to the millions who perished.

Guest speakers have included:

Jerry S. Fowler, Jr.
Staff Director, Committee on Conscience,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Creating a Community of Conscience:
Holocaust Remembrance and Contemporary Genocide
Darfur: Who Will Survive Today?

Leon Leyson
Youngest Schindler’s List survivor
In the Midst of an Insane World: Memories of Oskar Schindler

Dr. Samuel Goetz
Holocaust Survivor and author of I Never Saw My Face
Shared History: A Holocaust Survivor and His American Liberator

Robert Persinger
Veteran of the United States Army, Third Cavalry Reconnaissance Group
Liberator of Ebensee concentration camp
Shared History: A Holocaust Survivor and His American Liberator

Curt Lowens
Holocaust survivor, author of Destination: Questionmark, and distinguished actor
Escape, Resistance, and Triumph: One Teenager's Story

Richard L. Rubenstein
President Emeritus and distinguished professor of religion, University of Bridgeport
Author of After Auschwitz and The Cunning of History
Conscience and Courage: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Primo Levi

Thomas Blatt
Sobibor survivor and author of From the Ashes of Sobibor
From the Ashes of Sobibor

Michael Bazyler
Professor, Whittier School of Law, Costa Mesa
Research Fellow, Holocaust Education Trust, London
Author of Holocaust Justice: The Battle for Restitution in America's Courts
Profiting from the Holocaust: The Legal Battle for Restitution in America's courts

Benjamin B. Ferencz
A former prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Prosecuting War Criminals: The Legacy of Nuremberg

Elane Norych Geller
Child survivor of Bergen-Belsen
A Childhood in Hell: Memories of Bergen-Belsen

Dr. Betty Jean Lifton
Author of The King of Children: The Life and Death of Janusz Korczak
The Man Who Loved Children: The Life and Legacy of Janusz Korczak

This lecture series is generously funded by the Jerry and Sally Schwartz Holocaust Education Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Orange County, in cooperation with the Jewish Community Center of Orange County.

Benjamin Ferencz

“As a former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor who has devoted most of his life to the pursuit of justice in the world, it is with great sincerity that I endorse the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education as a vital and unique institution serving the cause of humanity and world peace. It was my privilege to
lecture at Chapman University in 2001 and the warm reception I received from faculty and students made it a truly memorable experience. The Rodgers Center fills a gap in the educational matrix and is deserving of the strongest possible support.”

Benjamin B. Ferencz