Talk: Holocaust Living History Workshop

Since its founding in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC, the Swiss private organization which many have dubbed the ?Guardian of the Geneva Conventions?) has helped reunite POWs and uprooted civilians with their families. The Nazi conquest of most of Europe resulted in the displacement of millions of individuals. Beginning in 1943, the British Red Cross and the ICRC began the work of tracing victims of incarceration, forced labor, and relocation. This effort eventually led to the establishment of the International Tracing Service (ITS), also known as the Bad Arolsen Archive. The year 2015 will mark the sixtieth anniversary of the ITS? work under the direction of the ICRC. A Swiss-educated attorney living in San Diego, J.J. Surbeck worked for 16 years for the ICRC and knows its history and workings intimately.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Geisel Library
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

Wednesday, June 3 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

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