The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and 

Human Rights ​Education of North Carolina 


Holocaust Speakers Bureau 

The Reluctant Accomplice: An International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event

Jan 27, 2026 5:00 PM 

Webinar


Dr. Halperin will interview historian Konrad H. Jarausch
about The Reluctant Accomplice, a powerful collection of
his father’s wartime letters from the Eastern Front, while
Dr. Ferrando examines the psychology behind how ordinary
individuals become “reluctant accomplices” in devastating
​acts through a uniquely medical and psychiatric lens.



PROGRAM


Interviewer: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A. Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, NYMC; Provost for Biomedical Affairs, TU

Book Author and Editor and Son of a Wehrmacht Soldier: Konrad H. Jarausch, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina Response: Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D., Har Esh Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, NYMC Q&A Discussion: Marie T. Ascher, M.S., M.P.H. Lillian Hetrick Huber Endowed Director, Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library, NYMC

Reflections: Rabbi Baruch Fogel, M.A., Campus Rabbi, TU


This event is made possible by the support and sponsorship of the NYMC Office of the Chancellor, the NYMC Phillip Capozzi, M.D., Library, and The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education of North Carolina.


Registration is required. 

https://tourouniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7oJuGMn2TgSinF1RU3s7AA#/registration​​​​

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