Reminding listeners of Goshen Colleges legacy of awakening students to issues of peace and justice in the broader world, a Goshen College senior won the annual campus C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest Jan. 21.
Judith Ehrlich, writer, director and producer of the film, and Suzanne O’Brien, national outreach coordinator, were guests of Goshen College on Jan. 7 for a special screening of the film “The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It.”
The Holocaust of Nazi Germany that killed more than 11 million people is a chapter of history many Germans would like to forget. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Goshen College associate professor of German, wants her German-language students to remember.
A part of the Greatest Generation often ignored are those who refused to fight in World War II. Appropriate, then, that an award-winning documentary that examines the experiences of those who felt called to alternative service should be shown at Goshen College, an institution known for its peace and justice program.
