For more than 20 years, Yom HaShoah programs in Wichita have honored the memories of the millions of Jews who perished at the hand of Nazis during the Holocaust. Millions of non-Jews were killed by the Nazis during that time, as well.

During this year’s Yom HaShoah program at Wichita State, a researcher from Notre Dame University will offer a lecture that reflects on the multiple meanings of victimhood.

Doris Bergen will talk about "Rivalry or Solidarity? Jews and ‘Other’ Holocaust Victims" during a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in Wiedemann Hall.

The lecture is co-sponsored by WSU’s Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation, Newman University, the National Conference for Community and Justice, and Inter-Faith Ministries.

Bergen, associate professor of German history, is an expert on Nazi Germany and has published extensively on the German Christian movement and Christian ministries during World War II. She’s also conducted research on military chaplains.

Yom HaShoah is an annual observance for remembering the Holocaust and its victims, established by Congress in 1981.