Professor Jacqueline Berke
Co-Director, Center for Holocaust Study |
Welcome and Introductions |
Mrs. Hedy Brasch
Survivor of Auschwitz & Bergen-Belsen, whose personal story illustrates the intersection of Jewish and Gypsy fates during the Holocaust |
Introduction to Morning Keynote Speaker |
Dr. Sybil Milton
Senior Historian, United States Holocaust Research Institute, the scholarly division
of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Keynote Address "The Forgotten Holocaust: The Nazi Assault on Roma and Sinti" |
Dr. Ann Saltzman
Co-Director, Drew University
Center for Holocaust Study |
Introduction to Afternoon Keynote Speaker |
Dr. Ian Hancock
Professor of Romani Studies, University of Texas, Austin; Representative to the United Nations for the Romani Union |
Afternoon Keynote "The Roots of Prejudice: The Holocaust and Beyond" |
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
President of
Drew University former Governor of New Jersey |
Respondent-Speaker |
Luna Kaufman
Holocaust survivor; musicologist; Charter Member, NJ Governor's Council on Holocaust Education and President Emerita, NJ State Opera |
Introduction to Second Afternoon Speaker |
The Honorable William A. Duna
Adjunct Professor of Music, St. Thomas University, St. Paul, Minnesota; Member, Holocaust Council, Romani and Sinti Peoples |
"History of the Gypsies and their Music" |
| Exhibit Curated by Gerard Gurland, FAIA |
Artifacts and Photographs dealing with Gypsy Life. Drawn largely from holdings of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |