Genocidal Science: Biomedical Horrors of the Holocaust
Drew to Explore Subject through Four-session Study
Seminar
MADISON, NJ— Some of the Holocaust’s most extreme cruelty
was perpetrated by those who had taken a centuries-old oath promising never to harm
to another person—doctors. Beginning on
March 4, Drew University will host a four-session Study Seminar focusing on the
biomedical horrors of the Holocaust.
In Nazi concentration camps, doctors were feared practitioners
of eugenics. Drew’s seminar will examine
the ethical contradictions between the goals of medical professionals and
Nazis. Highlights of the series include:
- Stacy Gallin, a doctoral
student in the university’s medical humanities program, will outline the
methods used by Nazis and doctors to create, implement and enforce
theories of racial hygiene.
- Participants will debate
whether medical discoveries made as a result of cruelty during the
Holocaust should be used today for the purpose of scientific
advancement.
The seminar sessions on March 4, 11, 25 and April 1 will run
from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the Drew campus.
The registration fee for the series is $40. Educators who take part in the series will be
eligible for professional development credits, which will be issued after the
last seminar.
For more information or to register, please contact Carol
Brodsky at Drew’s Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study at 973/408-3600 or e-mail
ctrholst@drew.edu.
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Posted: February 8, 2009
