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Training Course for Teachers on the Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory

June 13, 2019
The program was designated as being of ministerial interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, and of educational interest by the Secondary Education Council.

The Department of Jewish Studies at Universidad ORT Uruguay a course for educators titled “The Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory,” which will take place from July 1 to 5, 2019, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Downtown Campus (Cuareim 1451).

This is a free program with limited enrollment. A certificate of attendance will be awarded to participants who attend at least 75% of the classes.

2019 Thematic Program

Monday, July 1

  • The Shoah and Genocides: The Origins of Irrational Hatred. Specifics and Universalities
    Dr. Miguel Bresciano - Universidad ORT Uruguay
  • Current State of Anti-Semitism Around the World
    Dr. Alberto Sepektorowski - Columbia University and Universidad ORT Uruguay

Tuesday, July 2

  • The Wannsee Conference: The Final Solution
    Dr. Gabriel Goldman - Member of the Board of Governors, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Screening of the documentary *Giza, the Girl in the Suitcase*
    Testimony by Giza Alterwajn

Wednesday, July 3

  • World War II and the Holocaust as Seen from the Present
    Roberto Cyjon, Ph.D. – Visiting Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay
  • Screening of the documentary *Menazka*
    Testimony by Isaac Borojovich

Thursday, July 4

  • From Prejudice to Auschwitz
    , Dr. Miguel Bresciano – Universidad ORT Uruguay
  • Anti-Semitism and the Law
    , Dr. Jonás Bergstein

Friday, July 5

  • The Nationalization of the Masses
    Roberto Cyjon, Engineer – Visiting Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay
  •  The Holocaust Memorial Center and Its Place in the Landscape of Memory
    Profs. Andrés Serralta, Sandra Veinstein, and Deborak Polakof - Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center