Labkovski’s “Broken Arches” chosen by the 2025 Honoree Mark McKee.
The Scholar’s Event raises funds for DLP’s innovative, project-based Holocaust education programs.
This year, the event will be held in-person only.
Head of School and President, Viewpoint School in Calabasas
Since 2019, Mark McKee has been deeply committed to introducing the DLP’s programs to Viewpoint’s community. Under his leadership, Viewpoint School became the first private school to integrate the DLP’s innovative pedagogical approach, which blends history and art through project-based learning. Through exhibitions, talks, and interactive workshops, he has advanced Holocaust education for students, families, and staff alike. We at the DLP appreciate his collaboration and Viewpoint School’s steadfast dedication to supporting our mission.
Professor of Contemporary History, University of Southern Denmark
Therkel Stræde is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Southern Denmark. He has multiple publications including, October 1943: The Rescue of the Danish Jews from Annihilation. Stræde received a congressional citation of honor by the U.S. House of Representatives for his achievements in Holocaust research and education. He offers a variety of lectures; some highlights are “The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex 1940-45,” “Medical Experiments in the Nazi Concentration Camps,” and “Danish Jews in the Nazi Ghetto, 1943-45.”
Bestowed on students who have worked tirelessly to engage their peers and communities about the dangers of antisemitism and the importance of bearing witness to history.
Legacy of Hope
Avlyn Kotton (2024)
Debra Levine and Beverly Brutzkus (2023)
Jennifer Lopata (2022)
Lisa Lainer-Fagan (2021)
Jeffrey Kobulnick (2020)
Connie Marco (2019)
Gabby Vanderlaan and Joshua Shane (2018)
Sam Jamieson (2017)
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Marilyn J. Harran is professor of religious studies and of history, holder of the Stern Chair in Holocaust Education, and the founding director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at Chapman University. She is the author or editor of several books on the Protestant Reformation and was a contributing writer and consultant to The Holocaust Chronicle. Most recently, she was a contributor with Elisabeth B. Leyson to the memoir authored by the late Leon Leyson, The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible on Schindler’s List, published by Atheneum, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, in August 2013. The book has been translated into more than 25 languages in 50 editions and received numerous awards and honors. It was ranked #1 on the New York Times best seller list (middle grade), named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, and received the Christopher Award.
As founding director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Dr. Harran has worked with administrators, colleagues, and supporters to establish a multi-faceted program in Holocaust history and education with academic minor, distinguished lecture series, an archive containing the world’s largest collection of materials on rescuer Oskar Schindler, and community outreach, including a Holocaust Art and Writing Contest that each year engages some 7,000 middle and high school students in more than 32 states and 10 countries.
Professor Harran is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and the International Research & Exchanges Board. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Mellon Fellow at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies and is the recipient of several awards and honors, including the Spirit of Anne Frank Award and The 1939 Society “Teacher of the Holocaust Award.” She served as a member of the governing board of the Association of Holocaust Organizations from 2006-16. In December 2016, the Orange County Register named her as one of “Orange County’s 100 Most Influential Game Changers.” She currently serves on the Board of the Anti-Defamation League of Orange County/Long Beach.