The diary of a Jewish German woman who survived the Holocaust convincingly conveys the extent to which the Nazi regime “depended on ordinary Germans to act out its vicious anti-Semitic ideologies and policies,” according to a Bluffton University historian.
The diary of Erna Becker-Kohen further illustrates how “successfully and relentlessly” the Nazis, with considerable help from German citizens, persecuted Jews and isolated them from their neighbors and families, “before they moved on to murdering them,” said Dr. Martina Cucchiara, an assistant professor of history.
Bluffton University running back Eric Fox (Brunswick) was voted as the HCAC Play of the Week for week 9. The junior earned the title after voting took place on the HCAC social media outlets of Facebook and Twitter. Fox leaped, twisted and landed on his feet, scoring from four yards out as the Beavers shut out Anderson 28-0 Saturday, securing this week's honor.
Jeff Gundy, a professor of English at Bluffton University, will present a program Thursday, Nov. 21, on his newly published book, “Songs from an Empty Cage: Poetry, Mystery, Anabaptism, and Peace.”
Beginning with refreshments at 3:45 p.m., the event is free and open to the public in the Musselman Library Reading Room on the Bluffton campus. Afterward, Gundy will sign copies of his book, which will be available for purchase.
William B. Irvine, a professor of philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, will discuss the results of becoming an “insult pacifist” during a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Founders Hall. His presentation is free and open to the public.
Irvine has experimented with insult pacifism—responding to insults with silence or self-deprecating humor—as part of a research project. In addition to reporting the outcome, he will offer an assessment of the role that insults play in American society.
