For the Annual Stephen and Lusia Hornstein Lecture on the Holocaust and the Human Spirit, For the Annual Stephen and Lusia Hornstein Lecture on the Holocaust and the Human Spirit, The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education and Isaac M. Wise Temple will welcome author, Arthur Allen who will speak about his book, The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl. The book tells the true story of the battle against disease and genocidal ideology, told through the lives of microbiologists Rudolf Weigl and Ludwick Fleck, a Christian and a Jew who fought typhus and cruelty from the Russian POW camps of WWI to the ghettos and concentration camps of Nazi-occupied Europe.
told through the lives of microbiologists Rudolf Weigl and Ludwick Fleck, a Christian and a Jew who fought typhus and cruelty from the Russian POW camps of WWI to the ghettos and concentration camps of Nazi-occupied Europe.
The Annual Hornstein Lecture was established in memory of Drs. Stephen and Lusia Hornstein, local Holocaust survivors and doctors who served the Cincinnati community for many years.