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"Africa to Auschwitz: Germany, Genocide and Denial"

at Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County | Sun May 22

Location

Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County

Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(Map)
Tel: (516) 571-8040
Contact Name: Lara Carignano
Visit Website: Website.

Date & Time

02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Sun, May 22, 2016
Cost:    $10 suggested donation to attend.
Description

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presents "Africa to Auschwitz: Germany, Genocide and Denial," a panel discussion about the first genocide of the 20th century and it's impact on Nazism.

From 1904 to 1908, Imperial Germany murdered at least 80,000 Ovaherero and approximately 10,000 Nama during Germany's colonialization of southwest Africa, in the region known today as Namibia. This will be the first time this topic has been presented in the United States, publicly and with an international panel of experts.

In many ways, this genocide became a proving ground for the Holocaust. Many of the perpetrators became prominent in Nazi Germany, such as Dr. Eugen Fischer, an anatomist who conducted "experiments" at the Shark Island concentration camp and later ran the teaching institute for Nazi eugenics and SS physicians.

Today, decendants of the genocide continue to fight for official recognition, restitution, and the return of all victims' remains from Germany to Namibia.