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Through My Parents’ Eyes: Second Generation Memories of WWII

Drs. Bebe and Owen Bernstein Lecture.
Lecturers: Dr. Alisse Waterson and Dr. Barbara Rylko-Bauer.

Conversation with Dr. Alisse Waterston, author of “My Father’s Wars: Migration, Memory, and the Violence of a Century” and Dr. Barbara Rylko-Bauer, author of “A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps: My Mother’s Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade.” Waterston, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, uses her anthropology background in this account of her Polish Jewish father’s journey during the Holocaust. Rylko-Bauer, a medical anthropologist and adjunct associate professor at Michigan State University, discusses her Polish Catholic mother’s resistance and wartime experiences.

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When: Sun., Mar. 5, 2017 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Queensborough Community College
222-05 56th Ave.
718-281-5044
Price: Free
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Drs. Bebe and Owen Bernstein Lecture.
Lecturers: Dr. Alisse Waterson and Dr. Barbara Rylko-Bauer.

Conversation with Dr. Alisse Waterston, author of “My Father’s Wars: Migration, Memory, and the Violence of a Century” and Dr. Barbara Rylko-Bauer, author of “A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps: My Mother’s Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade.” Waterston, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, uses her anthropology background in this account of her Polish Jewish father’s journey during the Holocaust. Rylko-Bauer, a medical anthropologist and adjunct associate professor at Michigan State University, discusses her Polish Catholic mother’s resistance and wartime experiences.

To register for this event please visit here.

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