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University of Minnesota
March 5, 2008
Holocaust center director dies
Stephen Feinstein was 65.
By Andy Steinke
Stephen Feinstein, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies at the University, died Tuesday night after suffering a brain
aneurysm. He was 65.
Feinstein, who was speaking during a Jewish film event, was taken to
Abbott Northwestern Hospital last night.
Feinstein had been the director of the Center for Holocaust and
Genocide Studies since 1999. Prior to that, he was a history professor
at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for 30 years.
He was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor
Society. Feinstein also received two Human Rights Awards and a
McKnight Grant during his career at the University. He was named
Volunteer of the Year by the Jewish Community Relations Council of
Minnesota and the Dakotas in 1987.
Feinstein's funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Beth
El Synagogue in St. Louis Park.
-Mike Rose contributed to this report
University of Minnesota
March 5, 2008
Holocaust center director dies
Stephen Feinstein was 65.
By Andy Steinke
Stephen Feinstein, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies at the University, died Tuesday night after suffering a brain
aneurysm. He was 65.
Feinstein, who was speaking during a Jewish film event, was taken to
Abbott Northwestern Hospital last night.
Feinstein had been the director of the Center for Holocaust and
Genocide Studies since 1999. Prior to that, he was a history professor
at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for 30 years.
He was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor
Society. Feinstein also received two Human Rights Awards and a
McKnight Grant during his career at the University. He was named
Volunteer of the Year by the Jewish Community Relations Council of
Minnesota and the Dakotas in 1987.
Feinstein's funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Beth
El Synagogue in St. Louis Park.
-Mike Rose contributed to this report