Overview of the San Jose Conferences on the Holocaust proceedings
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Title: San Jose Conferences on the Holocaust proceedings
Date (inclusive): 1977
Collection Number: 77082
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9 phonotape cassettes
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Proceedings of the First Western Regional Conference on the Holocaust, relating to the ancient, medieval, and modern origins
of the Holocaust, its meaning for western civilization, and the methodology for teaching about the Holocaust in schools and
universities.
Creator:
San José Conferences on the Holocaust (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1977-1978)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
[Identification of item], San Jose Conferences on the Holocaust Proceedings, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
Proceedings of the First Western Regional Conference on the Holocaust, relating to the ancient, medieval, and modern origins
of the Holocaust, its meaning for western civilization, and the methodology for teaching about the Holocaust in schools and
universities.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews
Jews -- History
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Sound recording of proceedings
Part 1: Welcoming by Lillian Silberstein, "Why Remember Holocaust?" by Donald McEvoy
Part 2: "Significance of the Holocaust for Western Civilization" by Dr. Raul Hilberg
Parts 3 and 4: Observations by Emil Fackenheim followed by a conversation between Fackenheim and Raul Hilberg.
Part 5: "A Documentary View" by Raul Hilberg
Part 6: "Moral Choices, Individual, Institutional; Holocaust & US" by Dr. John Felstiner
Part 7: "Origins of the Holocaust (Ancient)" by Dr. David Winston
Part 8: "Origins of the Holocaust (Modern)" by Dr. Eugen Weber
Part 9: "Origins of the Holocaust (Medieval)" by Dr. Gavin Langmuir
Part 10: "The Individual Experience" by Dr. Samai Davidson
Part 11: "Psychological and Sociological Perspectives" by Dr. Bruno Bettelheim
Part 12: "After the Holocaust: What Has Changed?" by Drs. Franklin Littell and Sybil Milton
Part 13: "A Paradigm of Moral Choices" by Dr. Robert McAfee Brown
Part 14: "Moral Choices, Individual, Institutional" by Dr. Eberhard Bethge
Part 15: "Catachetics and Prejudice" by Rev. John Pawlikowski
Part 16: Panel of Drs. Brown, Friedlander, Grassi, Pawlikowski, and Tyack
Parts 17 and 18: "Methodology for Teaching the Holocaust" by Dr. Henry Friedlander
Use copy reference number: 77082_a_0010394.