Both the Jewish and African-American communities have suffered atrocities in the past...

What can first-person narratives tell us about the commonalities between these experiences? How do they differ? What can an Italian chemist who survived Auschwitz tell us about a road map for healing race relations going forward?

“Connecting the Legacies: Primo Levi, Holocaust Testimonies and ’12 Years a Slave'” offers an opportunity for all of us to see how our collective histories affect our present and our future. Scholar Nancy Harrowitz presents.