Panel Discussion “Ethics, Justice and the Holocaust”

The event marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Doctors Trial (9 December 1946), and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December).

The virtual panel discussion Ethics, Justice and the Holocaust will consider the issue of medical ethics during, and in response to, the Holocaust. The panelists will discuss educational initiatives that draw on the history of the Holocaust to develop ethical leadership in the contemporary context.

Speakers

• Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice (Moderator)Senior Historian, Division of the Senior Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Herwig Czech, Professor of History of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine
• Stacy Gallin, Founder and Director, Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust
• Avi Omer, Founder, Social Excellence Forum
• Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Endowed Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation
• Hedy S. Wald, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Thursday, 2 December 2021
12:00 p.m. EST
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Outreach Programme on the Holocaust

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme was established 15 years ago by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7, with a simple and stark aim: to remind the world of the perspective that the Holocaust provides relevant to preventing future genocides. Over the years the Programme has established a global network of partners and developed versatile initiatives including educational resources, professional development programmes, a file series, panel discussions and exhibitions.