The Virtues of Resistance

Participants will explore how professionals across diverse backgrounds mounted resistance, navigated ethical dilemmas, and responded with civic courage during the Nazi period. The purpose of encountering these ethical exemplars together is to nurture our moral imagination and to grow in the virtues of resistance amid our own circumstances and in our own contexts. Open to all interested.

Session Dates: 01/26, 02/09, 02/23, 03/9, 03/23, 04/06, 04/20, 05/04, 05/11, 05, 25

Time: 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET

Fee: $20

Participation may be capped, so please register as soon as possible. The deadline to register is Friday, January 23rd. A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants. There is no requirement to attend all sessions as each one will be presented in a standalone way. Synchronous participation is strongly encouraged, but recordings will be distributed to registered participants.

About the Facilitator:

Amanda Achtman is the Director of Ethics at Canadian Physicians for Life. She teaches bioethics as an adjunct faculty member of St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry. Amanda is a 2025-2026 recipient of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Holocaust Educators Scholarship. She was previously a volunteer guide at the former concentration camp, Majdanek, and has visited more than 50 Holocaust memorial sites worldwide.

This course takes inspiration from the educational methods of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Holocaust Educators Scholarship Program. The syllabus draws on the educational resources of the German Resistance Museum in Berlin, the Memorials at the Sites of Nazi Euthanasia ‘Aktion T4’, and the Plötzensee Memorial Center.

To learn more and to register, click here.