May 22, 2013
Today, Wednesday, May 22, the Museum is hosting a panel discussion in New York City featuring Judge Thomas Buergenthal, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, international jurist and law professor, and Eugenie Mukeshimana, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and founder of the Genocide Survivors Support Network. Moderated by This American Life host Ira Glass, the panelists are discussing similarities and differences in their lives before and after they were irrevocably altered by genocidal regimes.
Director of the Museum's Center for the Prevention of Genocide Michael Abramowitz (@abramowitz) (external link) joins the panel to provide perspective on what governments can do in working to prevent genocide and how the Museum’s work in genocide prevention arises from the commitment that survivors of the Holocaust made to insure that such horrific events would never happen again.
We'll have video and transcripts from the event in the coming days, but we encourage you to learn more about events discussed in the panel by exploring the following resources on our site:
Overview: Rwanda provides information on the warning signs, acts of violence and legacy of the Rwandan genocide. You can also find eyewitness testimony from survivors, journalists, and rescuers from Rwanda here.
The Museum's Holocaust Encyclopedia features information on both Sachsenhausen and Auschwitz, the camps where Buergenthal was interned. You can also find a transcript from a past discussion with Buergenthal on his career in international justice here.