Honoring Saul Goldwasser

We are sad to report the passing of our founding Director, Saul Goldwasser, this past July.

Saul was an amazing person. Thoughtful, contemplative, passionate, insightful.  The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center exists because of Saul’s relentless dedication to education in the face of prejudice and hatred. 

Professor Goldwasser taught at Mercer County Community College for 47 years. For 39 years Saul taught philosophy and served for many years as the Social Science chairperson. He loved to challenge students to think critically about current day issues as well as ancient ideas and ideals. Ultimately, Saul brought his own ideals to action through the Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center on the West Winsor Campus, as its Director for many years.

Through film, literature, music and lectures, he passionately promoted human dignity and denounced prejudice, racism, tribalism and oppression. He went to great lengths to demonstrate global examples of genocide and often invested his own money to ensure that the best materials were available to our students, the school children and educators throughout the county who used the center, as well as Mercer’s own faculty and staff. Though Professor Goldwasser was retired, he was still a consistent presence on the campus and as a part of the Center’s Advisory Commission.

May we all learn from Saul’s example, and may his memory be blessed.