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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Speaks at Holocaust Survivor Luncheon
Gary Gershman, J.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, spoke at the eighth Café Europa Luncheon and Expo sponsored by Jewish Family Services at the Signature Grand in Davie on Mar. 15. More than 800 Holocaust survivors and their family members attended the event, one of the largest gatherings of its kind in the world.
Gershman was invited to speak to local high school students about the Holocaust. During his talk, he drew connections to more recent genocides such as those in Bosnia, Darfur, and Rwanda.
“In studying the Holocaust, it is important to remember that while it is a seminal event in human history, to view it in isolation is to fail to learn lessons from it,” Gershman said prior to the event. “Sadly, we have repeated many of the same actions, and the result has been genocides that occurred not back at the edges of our memory, but during our lifetime.”
At NSU, Gershman teaches an undergraduate course on the Holocaust offered by the college’s Division of Humanities. In previous years, Holocaust survivors have visited his classes to share their stories with students. Gershman also teaches a Travel Study course on genocide that takes students to Poland, Serbia, and Bosnia.