Holocaust and genocide
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Clark alum joined archaeologists in Holocaust tunnel discovery; NOVA to feature story
A Clark University alumna had a front-row seat for an international news story that PBS’ NOVA is featuring on April 19: archaeologists’ discovery last summer of a Holocaust escape tunnel built by Jews near Vilna, Lithuania. Rachel Polinsky ’16 graduated from Clark with a dual degree in art history and ancient civilization last May. She then headed to Lithuania to work alongside Richard…
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Prof. Kühne’s latest book explores comradeship among German soldiers during world wars
In his new book, “The Rise and Fall of Comradeship: Hitler’s Soldiers, Male Bonding and Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century” history professor and director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Thomas Kühne examines how the concept of comradeship shaped the actions, emotions and ideas of ordinary German soldiers across the two world wars and during the…
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Longtime Strassler Center Director Debórah Dwork charts a new path
Her work with oral histories led her to create a center that transformed Holocaust and genocide studies
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Raising awareness of sexual violence in Congo
In the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what has been called the “Rape Capital of the World,” Dr. Denis Mukwege and his team treat as many as 3,000 women and girls each year for injuries due to sexualized violence by rebels, soldiers and civilians. Mukwege, an obstetrician-gynecologist, opened Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in 1999. Since…