Prof. Shmuel Reis addresses the mission of the French Technion Society (ATF) on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Together with the Annual Mission of the French Technion Society to Israel, Technion honored the grandchildren of those who helped Jews during the Holocaust in Europe this Holocaust Memorial Day. Pictured above, Prof. Shmuel Reis shared his research and reflections with the distinguished Technion guests.

Prof. Reis gives the Holocaust and Medicine Course at the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Physicians and health care professionals had a central role in every phase of the holocaust, and the lessons of the holocaust, says Prof. Reis, may contribute to the education of present and future physicians in the fields of medical ethics. The course addresses the roles of Nazi and Jewish physicians at that time, the treatment of survivors, the issues of next generations and the prevention of genocide.

Some snapshots of the ATF mission to Technion in May 2011.

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