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THE LIBERATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP OF GUNSKIRCHEN

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Mr. Alan Moskin of Nanuet, New York will speak about how at the beginning of May 1945 as a young G.I. he participated in the liberation of the Gunskirchen Concentration […]

MUSLIMS IN NAZI GERMANY’S WAR, 1941-1945

Trustees Pavilion (PAV1) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, NJ, United States

Dr. Motadel will not only discuss Berlin's attempts to promote Nazi Germany as a patron of Islam, including the collaboration of prominent figures like the Mufti of Jerusalem, but also […]

FILM NARRATED AND PRODUCED BY ROBIN WRIGHT EXPOSING THE  ILLICIT MINERAL TRADE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO BE SCREENED

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 3) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, NJ, United States

Narrated and executive produced by Golden Globe award winner Robin Wright (House of Cards), When Elephants Fight spotlights the illicit mineral trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo and shows how global tech corporations’ complicity has affected the continued conflict in the region. The film will be screened on October 17 at 2 p.m. in the […]

GENOCIDE SURVIVOR TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON EVENTS IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI

Alumni Lounges (SC156-157) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

On November 4, 2016 in the Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges ( SC156-157), Eugenie Mukeshimana, Rwandan genocide survivor and founder of the Genocide Survivors Support Network, will provide […]

RECOVERING ARMENIA: THE LIMITS OF BELONGING IN POST-GENOCIDE TURKEY

Trustees Pavilion (PAV1) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, NJ, United States

On November 29 at 7:15 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion of Ramapo College, Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak about her recent […]

Aristides de Sousa Mendes: A Holocaust Hero and the Lives He Saved

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC157-158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

   Joan Arnay Halperin and Monique Rubens Krohn, the daughters of two families rescued by the Portuguese diplomat, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, will tell the story of his unique and […]