Shoah survivor to speak on Nazi doctors-snip-
Bioethics topic of March 6 Maimonides Society gatheringA child survivor of the Holocaust who went on to become a physician and professor at the UCLA School of Medicine will discuss "Nazi Medical Research and Bioethics" at the March 6 gathering of the Maimonides Society.
Dr. Alfred Pasternak will speak to Portland-area health care professionals at a dinner meeting at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
Pasternak is the author of "Inhuman Research, Medical Experiments in German Concentration Camps."-snip-The Hungarian Academy of Sciences Web site (www.mta.hu) reports that Pasternak said he wrote the book "to erect a memorial to his loved ones, 96 in all, whom he had lost in the Holocaust, as well as (to) warn the medical profession about the ease with which doctors could lose their bearings amid inhuman principles gaining ground around them." [emphasis mine]
This Holocaust survivor seems to understand the lessons of The Holocaust, and the meaning of "never again."
Bush talked about the dignity of the individual, hitting hot-button issues including abortion and racial preferences. As one fan in the audience noted: He touched plenty of third rails, just to show that you can and still succeed. His comments about abortion and right and wrong reminded everyone of his principled support of life from Schiavo to parental notification and consent. He relished telling the tale of his move to dismantle racial preferences. And he stuck to his guns through several tough questions about immigration even though he knew it wouldn't please some of his audience.
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We certainly need more voices like Dr. Pasternak's. There is a good deal of information about Nazi doctors on the 'Net, but text and photos do not tell a story the way a man can. I hope some Freeper near Portland will be able to attend his lecture and give us a report.