Anne Frank: The Uses and Misuses
of the Person and the Diary

Sunday, April 18

All Sessions will be held in Gordinier Conference Center

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Gordinier, Second Floor
Registration

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Lehr RoomOpening of the Conference

Dr. Jack Fischel,Millersville University

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Francine G. McNairy
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Millersville University

and

Dr. Barbara M. Montgomery
Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences
Millersville University

Invocation

Dr. Robert Sayre
United Campus Ministry
Millersville University

Introduction to the Aristides De Sousa Mendes Lecture

Saulius Suziedlis

Millersville University

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Dr. William Fletcher, University of Delaware

The Aristides De Sousa Mendes Keynote Address

Dr. Lawrence Langer, Simmons College
Anne Frank - A Consideration

3:30 -4:45 pm

Lehr Room
Reception, Hosted by the Office of the Provost

5:00 - 6:30 pm

LehrRoom
Introduction of the Koppel Lecture

Dr. Sanford Pinsker, Franklin and Marshall College

Anne Frank and the Rhetoric of Victimization

Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld, Indiana University

7:00 - 9:30 pm

Lehr Room
Introduction of School of Social Science and Humanities Lecture

Dr. Jack Fischel, Millersville University

Remembering Anne Frank at the Turn of the Century: The Uses and Misuses of the Girl Who Became Hitler's Most Famous Victim

Melissa Mueller, Biographer of Anne Frank

Monday, April 19

All Sessions in Gordinier Conference Center

8:00 8 -9:00 am

Gordinier, Second Floor
Registration

9:00 - 10:30 am

Lehr Room
Plenary Session

"Teaching Anne Frank"

Lessons from the Classroom: The Power of Individual Story & the Diary of Anne Frank

Dr. Joyce Apsel, Director of Education
Anne Frank Center, USA

Teaching Anne Frank

Elaine Culbertson, School District of Philadelphia
Moderator: Ruth Hartz, PA Holocaust Task Force

10:45 am - 12:30 pm

Sessions 1 & 2

Session 1
Matisse Room
"Anne Frank and Resistance"

The Other Anne Frank

Sybil Niemoeller von Sell, Holocaust Educator

Resisters in the Attic

Barbara Wind, Seton Hall University

European Jews and Palestine

Herbert Druks, Brooklyn College
Moderator: Sy Colen, Yeshiva University

Session 2
Old Main Room
"Anne Frank: A Different Perspective"

The Anne Frank Cult and Industry: Mythology and Commerce in Holocaust Memorializing

Henry Huttenbach, CUNY

Beyond Anne Frank

Philip Rosen, Holocaust Museum, Cherry Hill, NJ
Moderator: Warren Thompson, Lebanon Valley College

12:30-1:30 pm

Break

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Lehr Room
Plenary Session

Anne Frank and the Hidden Hand of God

Ralph Melnick, Library Director, Williston Northampton School

Anne Frank's Popularization: New Perspectives on an Old Debate

Alex Sagan, Harvard University
Moderator: Michael Gelb, US Holocaust Museum

3:15 - 5:00 pm

Sessions 4, 5, & 6

Session 4
Old Main Room
"Other Related Holocaust Issues"

Propaganda and Children During the Hitler Years

Mary Mills, Woodstown High School

Jewish Slave Labor in Warsaw After the Ghetto Rising, 1943- 1944

Gabriel Finder, Susquehana University

The Hero in Holocaust Education

Rona Sheramy, Brandeis University
Moderator: Dr. Reynold Koppel, Millersville University

Session 5
Matisse Room
"Religious Responses to the Holocaust"

The Holocaust in Jewish Thought: A Case for the Uniqueness of the SHOAH

David Levy, Ballimore Hebrew University

Political Neutrality and Spiritual Resistance - Jehovah's Witnesses Under the Nazi Regime

Jolene Chu, Researcher, Watch Tower Society

A Loss of Innocence: The Controversy Surrounding the Authenticity of Binjamin Wilkormirski's Fragments

Sonja Hedgepeth, Middle Tennesse State University
Moderator: Steve Paskuly

Session 6
Audobon Room

"New Perspectives on the Holocaust and Nazism: Student Papers from Gettysburg College"

Moderator: William Bowman, Gettysburg College

The Einsatzgruppen, the Russian Campaign, and the Holocaus

Scott Clark

Religious Imagery and the Nazi Movement

Mike Graham

Soviet German Pact and its Military and Economic Impact

Samantha Carl
Commentator: Matthew Pinsker, Millersville University

CONFERENCE PATRONS

Mr. William Adams
Dr. and Mrs. Norman Axelrod
Mr. William Bash
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Belsinger
Mr. Eric Berman
Mr. Michael Gleiberman
Dr. Reynold Koppel
Mr. Simon Lever
Mr. P. Alan Loss
Dr. Howard Robbins