Award-Winning Author to Discuss Her Groundbreaking Investigation into a Rare World War II Photograph

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — FEB. 3, 2025 — The Dutchess Community College Foundation (DCCF) will host an illuminating lecture by renowned historian Dr. Wendy Lower, supported by the Greenspan Trust-Handel Foundation Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. in the James & Betty Hall Theatre.

Dr. Lower, the John K. Roth professor at Claremont McKenna College and director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, will share insights from her 10-year investigation into a rare photograph that captured a harrowing moment in history—a family’s murder in Ukraine during the Holocaust. Her research revealed the identities of the individuals in the image and uncovered new details about the atrocities of the Nazi regime, open-air massacres and efforts toward postwar justice.

Her findings, chronicled in the award-winning book “The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed,” delve into the role of family and ideology in history. Dr. Lower is also the author of “Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields,” a finalist for the National Book Award.

This lecture is free and open to the public. It is facilitated by Dr. Werner Steger, DCC professor of history and recipient of the Greenspan Trust-Handel Foundation Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. For more information, visit www.sunydutchess.edu/endowed-chairs or contact the Dutchess Community College Foundation at (845) 431-8407.

If you require sign language interpreting services or other accommodations, please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by contacting Linda Bertolozzi at (845) 431-8058 or bertoloz@sunydutchess.edu. Visitors are encouraged to park in Lot D (GPS address: 97 Cottage Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601).

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Founded in 1957, Dutchess Community College is a two-year community college that has earned a reputation for providing an outstanding education and offers one of the lowest tuition rates in New York state. The College currently has four locations including its main campus in Poughkeepsie, DCC @ Fishkill, DCC @ HVR Airport, and DCC @ the Family Partnership Center. For more information visit www.sunydutchess.edu.