Herta Pollak

 

Herta Pollak was born in Germany, spent time in Danzig, and then settled with her parents in Milan, Italy. She received a great deal of help from her Italian neighbors throughout the War years. After the German occupation, her father was sent to the Ferramonte Concentration Camp. She was able to visit him there, and so can describe the vast difference between this Italian camp and those camps run by the Germans, to which, fortunately, her father was never deported. Herta and her mother survived using false papers and then later by going into hiding. After liberation, she met and married Branko Pollak and moved with him to the United States.

 

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Roy J. Eidelson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, a member of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology, a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, and the former executive director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in the Philadelphia area.

McGill-Queen’s University Press describes Roy Eidelson’s new book—Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror—as “A thought-provoking, unflinching, scrupulously documented account of one of the darkest chapters in the recent history of psychology.” In his upcoming talk at Manhattan College, Dr. Eidelson will discuss this decades-long struggle for the soul of professional psychology. It persists today, as “dissidents” committed to fundamental do-no-harm principles continue to challenge influential insiders who are eager for ever-closer ties to the US military-intelligence establishment. This conflict, pitting ethics against expediency, has ramifications that reach well beyond psychology alone.

Oct24

Peacemakers in Action Podcast

Kelly Commons 4C

The Tannenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding will host an in-person event with Manhattan College (HGI) to promote the "Peacemakers in Action Podcasts," and discuss ways it can be used in the classroom. Featuring: Yehezhel Landau With Peace and Justice Studies, Dorothy Day Center, Political Science, Religious Studies

Partners: Peace and Justice Studies, Religious Studies, Political Science, The Dorothy Day Center, Campus Ministry and Action

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