Pre-WWII Jewish History
It makes me wonder and sometimes despair about how much I don’t know. It also further instills in me a desire to learn more.
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This was not a paradise as the word is defined “an ideal or idealistic state,” but rather a brief moment in time where life was a bit better than before, but still with hardship and hatred
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the importance of providing witness, and now, as we listen to the speakers and step foot in these important places the responsibility we now carry to do the same.
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As the War in Poland was winding to an end and the Jews had been gathered into the Warsaw Ghetto, it was important to those who were left to leave their story for the future in order to offset the propaganda that was being generated by the victors.
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The tomb stones are weathered, and some have been vandalized.
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Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Holocaust Studies.
Read MoreThis lesson combines an understanding and review of the plant life cycle and the metaphors of roots to understand the history of racism and antisemitism in our world. The beginning […]
Read MoreThis lesson sets the context for the “Journey with Howard Chandler” examining the Jewish communities in Poland before World War II. Howard’s home town of Wierzbnik was one of thousands […]
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This film tells the story of Howard Chandler, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor. We return to his home village in Poland and visit the concentration camps where he was imprisoned during […]
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