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This day was basically the only day when we didn’t focus on the Holocaust. It was a nice break and certainly a needed halt from studying and learning about the […]
Read MoreIt wasn’t until I witnessed one of the greatest atrocities in world history with people I had just met a handful of days ago, that I realized the power of […]
Read MoreHow can people be so cruel? Holocaust survivor Howard Chandler said this to the CWB cohort on Wednesday evening. I may be paraphrasing a bit, but that is pretty close. He was telling […]
Read MoreVisiting Auschwitz was a surreal and profoundly moving experience. As the largest Nazi German concentration camp and, since 1942, also a mass extermination center for Jews, Auschwitz stands as a […]
Read MoreGoing to the town today was beautiful. Starting off with the bus ride to it. The whole route was just view after view. It goes to show that there’s so […]
Read MoreIn Majdanek’s silent blocks they lie,Echoes of lives that passed us by,A sea of shoes, a testament,To lives extinguished, souls that went. Leather worn, fabric frayed,Tiny shoes where children played,Heels […]
Read MoreAs an English teacher and a First Amendment professor, I spend a lot of time thinking about words. In my role as a high school English teacher, I am constantly […]
Read MoreA Different Kind of Understanding: A Middle School Teacher’s Reflections on Majdanek by Traci Borden
I teach middle school ELA, and my literature textbook for 8th grade has a story in it entitled “Walking With Living Feet.” The story is about a high schooler visiting […]
Read MoreThe civil rights seminar I attended, inspired me most by the John Lewis memorial. The whole experience shed light on the enduring struggle of black people for equality and justice. […]
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