Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies

Stephen Feinstein
Stephen Feinstein
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Remembering Feinstein

It is with great sadness that we announce that Steve Feinstein, the director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Adjunct Professor of History, died Tuesday, March 4. Steve was speaking at the Jewish Film Festival when he had difficulty finding words. He was taken to Abbott-Northwestern Hospital where he died of an aortic aneurism that resulted in cardiac arrest. His wife Sue was with him the entire time.

Steve had an amazingly generous nature and could get things accomplished that no one had ever conceived or thought possible. From its founding in 1997, he built the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies into a premier educational, research, and outreach institution, one that has international renown.

It's a sad day. We will all miss Steve's generous personality, constant stream of jokes, and deep commitment to the issues at the heart of CHGS's mission. More than anything else, he was a great humanitarian who believed that knowledge of the past could prevent atrocities in the future.

Steve leaves his wife Sue, two children, Jeremy and Rebecca, and two grandchildren.

University Events

    • Musical Bridges: NOUR
    • 5/11/2008 8:00 PM
    • Location: 1701 Classroom Building, TPT Channel 17 "Musical Bridges: NOUR" Sunday, May 11 at 8:00 PM TPT Channel 17 NOUR performs in the many musical traditions of the Middle East and Mediterranean. The group sings in Armenian, Kurdish, Turkish, Ladino, Arabic, Hebrew, Assyrian, and Greek. The program draws ... more
    • Memorial Tribute to Dr. Stephen Feinstein
    • 5/12/2008 7:30 PM
    • Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Center, Cowles Auditorium Monday, May 12, 2008, 7:30 p.m. in the Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute, 301 19th Ave S, Minneapolis; University of Minnesota west bank campus. A memorial tribute celebrating the life and accomplishments of Dr. Stephen Feinstein, founding director of the University of Min... more
    • Teaching workshop: Cambodia and the Holocaust: Searching for Justice
    • 6/21/2008 8:30 AM
    • Location: Off Campus, Guthrie Theatre In 1975 the Cambodian government began the systematic and brutal extermination of more than two million Cambodians, resulting in the deaths of nearly a third of the nation's population. The aftermath of this genocide is the subject of the Guthrie Theater's play "After a Hundred Years" ... more
    • War Crime Tribunals: Cambodia, Rwanda and Yugoslavia
    • 6/23/2008 7:30 PM
    • Location: Off Campus, Guthrie Theater War Crime Tribunals: Cambodia, Rwanda and Yugoslavia Monday June 23rd, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Symposium at the Guthrie Theater Open to the public, $10 To register, call the Guthrie Theater at 612-377-2224 Co-sponsored by the Guthrie Theater
    • Films: "Cambodia: Year Zero" and "Cambodia: Year One"
    • 6/25/2008 7:00 PM
    • Location: Walter F Mondale Hall (formerly Law Bldg), 25 "Cambodia: Year Zero" and "Cambodia: Year One" Wednesday, June 25th, 7:00 - 9:00 University of MN Law School, Mondale Hall rm. 25 Free and open to the public - no reservations necessary Co-sponsored by the Guthrie Theater

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