Ethics, Justice and the Holocaust

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.

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).

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

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