Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
Remembering Feinstein
It is with great sadness that we announce that Steve Feinstein, the director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Adjunct Professor of History, died Tuesday, March 4. Steve was speaking at the Jewish Film Festival when he had difficulty finding words. He was taken to Abbott-Northwestern Hospital where he died of an aortic aneurism that resulted in cardiac arrest. His wife Sue was with him the entire time.
Steve had an amazingly generous nature and could get things accomplished that no one had ever conceived or thought possible. From its founding in 1997, he built the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies into a premier educational, research, and outreach institution, one that has international renown.
It's a sad day. We will all miss Steve's generous personality, constant stream of jokes, and deep commitment to the issues at the heart of CHGS's mission. More than anything else, he was a great humanitarian who believed that knowledge of the past could prevent atrocities in the future.
Steve leaves his wife Sue, two children, Jeremy and Rebecca, and two grandchildren.
University Events
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- Teaching workshop: Cambodia and the Holocaust: Searching for Justice
- 6/21/2008 8:30 AM
- Location: Off Campus, Guthrie Theatre In 1975 the Cambodian government began the systematic and brutal extermination of more than two million Cambodians, resulting in the deaths of nearly a third of the nation's population. The aftermath of this genocide is the subject of the Guthrie Theater's play "After a Hundred Years" ... more
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- War Crime Tribunals: Cambodia, Rwanda and Yugoslavia
- 6/23/2008 7:30 PM
- Location: Off Campus, Guthrie Theater War Crime Tribunals: Cambodia, Rwanda and Yugoslavia Monday June 23rd, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Symposium at the Guthrie Theater Open to the public, $10 To register, call the Guthrie Theater at 612-377-2224 Co-sponsored by the Guthrie Theater
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- Films: "Cambodia: Year Zero" and "Cambodia: Year One"
- 6/25/2008 7:00 PM
- Location: Walter F Mondale Hall (formerly Law Bldg), 25 "Cambodia: Year Zero" and "Cambodia: Year One" Wednesday, June 25th, 7:00 - 9:00 University of MN Law School, Mondale Hall rm. 25 Free and open to the public - no reservations necessary Co-sponsored by the Guthrie Theater
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- Workshop: Women as Collateral Damage in War and Genocide
- 6/28/2008 8:30 AM
- Location: Off Campus, Guthrie Theater Women as Collateral Damage in War and Genocide Sat. June 28th, 8"30 am - 4:30 pm $20 for the workshop and lunch, $26 for the matin?e performance of "After a Hundred Years" CEU credit is available to teachers To register, call the Guthrie Theater at 612... more
Community Events & News
Death of Dr. Stephen Feinstein
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Dr. Stephen Feinstein, Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, on Tuesday, March 4.
Dr. Feinstein was an internationally-renowned scholar, teacher, and humanitarian.
Eulogies:
Steve Feinstein Shalom b. Yaakov v”Batya
Eulogy for Stephen Feinstein, Eric Weitz
Eulogy, Rebecca
Eulogy, Jeremy
A Tribute to Stephen Feinstein, Dr. Ellen KennedyTributes to Dr. Stephen Feinstein
Memorials can be made online here or sent to:
March 5th, 2008
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota
Foundation, PO Box 70870, St. Paul MN 55170-3854.CHGS in the News
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February 27th, 2008Summer Internships Available
There are many summer internships available with the Genocide Intervention Network. For more information click here
February 22nd, 2008From TPT/Channel 17 Twin Cities
The Minnesota Channel has a new distribution option available to its partners, that could be especially useful for those, like the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, that have been making DVD copies of our collaborative television programs to mail out to schools around the nation for classroom use.
April 6th, 2007