Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Discussion on the Holocaust and Genocide

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Discussion on the Holocaust and Genocide

By Noelle Cook January 28, 2022

CW: This article references/discusses genocide and  sexual  violence . Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown’s Center for Jewish Civilization...

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‘Pankrác 45’ Poses Tough Questions About Guilt and Recovery After the Holocaust

By Jose Villalobos September 28, 2018

“Pankrác 45” boldly provokes introspection on the nature of culpability and the effectiveness of retribution. Set in the Czech Republic after the Holocaust, the production trains an unflinching...

DIRECTORS CUT: Operation Finale and the Humanization of Evil

DIRECTOR’S CUT: ‘Operation Finale’ and the Humanization of Evil

By Guide Editor September 5, 2018

 The capture and trial of Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann, one of the major masterminds behind the Holocaust, is not a story that everyone would feel comfortable putting on the big screen. Films that portray...

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Rev. Patrick Desbois, Braman endowed professor of the practice of the forensic study of the Holocaust at Georgetown University, received the 2017 Lantos Human Rights Prize in an Oct. 26 ceremony on Capitol Hill.

Georgetown Professor Receives Human Rights Prize for Holocaust Research

By Kara Tippins October 30, 2017

Rev. Patrick Desbois, professor of the practice of the forensic study of the Holocaust at Georgetown University, received the 2017 Lantos Human Rights Prize in an Oct. 26 ceremony on Capitol Hill for...

SUMMER READING: Sarah’s Key

SUMMER READING: ‘Sarah’s Key’

By Alexandra Brunjes July 16, 2017

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Vél D’Hiv, the heartbreaking mass roundup and arrest of Jewish citizens in France as part of the Holocaust. On Nazi orders carried out by French soldiers, French...

Follow the Jewish Studies Program Model

By The Editorial Board March 1, 2016

This week, Georgetown launched the new Center for Jewish Civilization, a significant expansion to the already existing program, buffered by a $10 million donation dedicated  research. The Jewish studies...

Panel, Reading Mark Karski Centennial

By Katherine Richardson April 25, 2014

The university celebrated the centenary anniversary of the birth of Jan Karski, a late Georgetown professor and a member of the Polish World War II resistance, on Thursday afternoon with a panel discussion,...

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