FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Indiana University–Purdue University Fort
Wayne’s (IPFW’s) Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies,
along with Temple Achduth Vesholom and the Campus Outreach Lecture
program of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, are pleased to announce a
special lecture, Thursday, April 25, featuring Robert M. Ehrenreich.

Ehrenreich, who is director of the university programs division of the
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust
Museum Memorial in Washington, D.C., will present “Addicted to Race:
Eugenics and the Holocaust” at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Achduth Vesholom.
The temple is located at 5200 Old Mill Road in southwest Fort Wayne. 

In his lecture, Ehrenreich will discuss “…how Nazi Germany used
principles of the worldwide eugenics movement to effect and justify the
segregation, sterilization, and finally murder of those deemed
‘unworthy of life’ between 1933 and 1945.” 
 
Seating for the lecture is limited; reservations are suggested and may
be made by calling 260-744-4245. The lecture is free and open to the
public. 

The lecture is made possible by the Temple Achduth Vesholom, the IPFW
Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and the Campus Outreach
Lecture Program of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for
Advanced Holocaust Studies, supported by the generosity of Alan Solomon,
M.D.