Distinguished speaker videos, films, interviews, and teaching resources that support reflection, discussion, and professional responsibility.
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Ich Klage An (1941 Nazi Propaganda Film)
Ich klage An is a Nazi propaganda film commissioned by the German government and created to influence public attitudes…
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Twin Experiments at Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor
As a child survivor of Mengele’s cruel experiments in Auschwitz, Kor reveals her experience in the camps. Eva made a…
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Restoration of the “Lost” Biography of a Physician Victim of the Holocaust
Abstract from journal article: At a time when the last direct witnesses of the Holocaust are passing, new approaches to…
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Poland Moves to Strip Jewish Holocaust Scholar of Award
Polish-born Princeton University history professor Jan Tomasz Gross was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of…
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Fritz Haber: Jewish Chemist Whose Work Led to Zyklon B
I just finished reading the heartbreakingly tragic story of Fritz Haber’s life as told by Vern Thiessen in his play…
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Why Are They Trying to Make Us Kill Our Patients?
California’s new assisted-suicide law violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause.
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American Eugenics
As unfamiliar as most people are with Nazi eugenics, they are even less familiar with American eugenics. American…
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Introduction to Medical Ethics and the Holocaust
Opening remarks from the Michael DeBakey Medical Ethics Lecture Series in 2007 by Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld, Chair, Medical…
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Interview of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, May 16, 2008
Pioneering cardiovascular surgeon; developed the mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) units and established the…
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Risky Medical Treatments – Jewish Perspective
Avraham Steinberg, M.D., Director of the Center for Medical Ethics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School,…
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Assessing Risk in Patient Care
George Noon, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery and Assist Devices, The Michael #.…
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21st Century Genetics: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Harms
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Power for Life or Power for Death? How and Why Science and Religion Can Work Together for Life After the Holocaust
Rabbi Greenberg—rabbi, scholar and former Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum—tells us why each one…
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The Legacy of the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial to American Bioethics and Human Rights
Edward R. Utley Professor and Chair, Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of…
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Disability and Genocide- Where are We Today?
Lex Frieden, Senior Vice President, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Memorial Hermann Hospital
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Immediate Gratification and the Quest for Perfection: A Frank Discussion About the Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Mark Adickes, M.D., Co-Medical Director for Sports Medicine & Human Performance, Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas
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Frankenstein or the More Perfect Human: Who Will It Be?
A lecture by Susan E. Lederer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History of Medicine, Yale University, School of Medicine
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Why is it so Hard to Learn the Ethical Lessons of the Holocaust?
The Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Director of the…
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In Search of Memory
2000 Nobel Laureate (Physiology or Medicine) Fred Kavli Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and…
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21st Century Genetics: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Harms | Christine Rosen, Ph.D.
Fellow for the Project on Biotechnology and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and senior editor…
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A More Perfect Human: The Promise and the Peril of Modern Science
A lecture on medical ethics and the Holocaust by Leon Kass, M.D., Ph.D
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The Discovery of DNA: Implications for the 21st Century
Dr. James Dewey Watson, having received the 1962 Nobel Laureate for his part in discovering the structure of the DNA…
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Academic Medicine During the Nazi Period and Implications for Professional Responsibility Today
Prof. Dr. Roelcke, Chair and Director of the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Giessen in…
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Radical Evil: 2013 Film Deconstructs Psychology of Nazi Killers
Streaming film directed by Stephen Rosewitzki | Austria / Germany / 2013 | 96 minutes | English, German, Ukrainian |…
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Michael Burleigh’s “Film Selling” Murder, Followed by Lecture “Cinematic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide”
Michael Burleigh is a British historian, author, and commentator. He has written extensively on international…
