WITNESSES AND VOICES OF THE HOLOCAUST videoconference series
from Vanderbilt Virtual School
All videoconferences are available at 9 AM and 10 AM CENTRAL TIME,
and these fill up quickly! Lesson plans and descriptions are posted on the website
for each videoconference.
REGISTER: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
· Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
· Targeted Audience: for students in grades 5-12
· Format: 45-minutes:format is 30-minute presentation and 15-20 minute
Questions & Answers
· Cost: $75 per site
· Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu
In light of increasing intolerance and anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, both nationally and internationally, it is urgent that your students hear the messages from the WITNESSES
AND VOICES OF THE HOLOCAUST videoconference series. These videoconferences will
teach us about tolerance, understanding and making a difference while helping all of us to understand the dangers of hate and extremism.
Eleven million people were killed in the Nazi Holocaust including 6 million Jews, and some of these presenters are survivors who live on and tell their stories. Old photographs shared by these Holocaust survivors suggest distant memories that bring the reality of the Holocaust into sharp focus. Subtle yet powerful, historical and personal, these videoconferences will employ emotional and powerful words and images strung together to weave stories of triumph over adversity.
These EIGHT presenters will challenge students NOT to forget the lessons from the Holocaust. The stated goal is never to forget, but the question remains of how to remember the Holocaust for students who may have little or no knowledge of World War II.
"Witnesses and Voices of the Holocaust" offers firsthand accounts from survivors of all kinds. . . . those who lived through the war in hiding, in ghettos, in camps, by escaping, or in active resistance to Nazi rule. This videoconference shows how many Holocaust survivors found their way through unimaginable hardship and suffering to find new lives of purpose and dignity.
Come share their stories of triumph over adversity. These videoconferences will celebrate the courage of the survivors and spotlight the Holocaust as the pre-eminent modern example of the fruits of hatred, intolerance, ignorance and mass manipulation. "WITNESSES AND VOICES of the HOLOCAUST" will have a lasting impact on everyone who participates.
"WITNESSES AND VOICES of the HOLOCAUST" videoconference series:
1) Thursday, March 5 - "Prelude to the Holocaust: A Historical Overview"
presenter: Paul Fleming
2) Thursday, March 19 - "Heroism and Resistance to the Holocaust"
presenter: Tom Wood
3) Thursday, March 26 - "Journey to America: Haven Project"
presenter: Eva Rosenfeld
4) Thursday, April 2 - "Life and Death in Siberian Forced Labor Camps"
presenter: Esther Loeb
5) Thursday, April 16 - "In My Hiding Place: Stories of a Hidden Child Survivor in France"
presenter: Frances Cutler
6) Thursday, April 23 - "Liberator of Dachau Concentration Camp"
presenter: Jimmy Gentry
7) Thursday, April 30 - "Sanctuary via Kindertransport"
presenter: Eric Rosenfeld
8) Tuesday, May 5 - "Life Reborn: Rebuilding Jewish Lives After the Holocaust"
presenter: Felicia Anchor
