BY THE GRACE OF THE GAME: A HOLOCAUST SPORTS STORY Join us to hear an amazing basketball story that takes us from Auschwitz to an Olympic gold medal to the NBA. This is the type of story that can teach students about resilience and the importance of never giving up, while they simultaneously learn about …
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How did the Holocaust impact on society’s most vulnerable? Dr. Sharon Kangisser Cohen of Yad Vashem, will present some of the experiences of Jewish children under Nazi rule. Based on primary sources and post-war testimonies, this presentation will explore some of the challenges children faced and ways in which they attempted to cope with their …
Why did the Germans create ghettos throughout Eastern Europe? What functions did they fulfill for the Germans? For two and a half years, Jews from all over Poland were herded into ghettos and forced to live in terrible conditions of overcrowding, hunger, and disease. Yiftach Meiri, Yad Vashem educator, will lead this presentation. This program …
The month of October marks the anniversaries of the uprisings that Jewish prisoners carried out at two Nazi death camps. In commemoration of these stunning acts of bravery, we will discuss these events, and resistance more broadly. Yad Vashem educator Lori Gerson will explore stories of profound courage that reveal the essence of the human …
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During the Holocaust, Jewish children of all ages were at times hidden among other students within Catholic institutions as seen in films such as Au Revoir Les Enfants. Their lives were completely uprooted as they were placed in a religious environment completely different from what they knew. Eliot Nidam Orvieto, Yad Vashem researcher, will discuss …
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Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment Echoes and Reflection's webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world. Kristallnacht is often viewed as a turning point. On the night of …
My Father Was A Nazi Arthur Wollschlaeger was a decorated German tank commander during the Second World War and was awarded the Iron Cross by Adolf Hitler. After the war, Arthur and his wife concealed his role in the Holocaust and constructed a new narrative of his activity during those years. But to their teenage …
WOMEN IN THE HOLOCAUST: THEIR DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES As the Holocaust escalated, conditions worsened in the ghettos and camps. Women and mothers were preoccupied with daily survival, providing food for their families, and staving off illness. Using diaries, memoirs, and testimonies, this session will look at the life-and-death dilemmas that women faced during the Holocaust, …
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THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING The Warsaw Ghetto uprising in April 1943 is an iconic symbol of heroic resistance during the Holocaust. Who were the members of the youth movements that participated in this uprising? How were they able to resist, after years of oppression, starvation and persecution? In honor of Holocaust Memorial Day, Yad Vashem educator …
Liberation and Return to Life: An American liberator's story As the Allied forces liberated war-torn Europe, what did they bear witness to as their units entered unfamiliar territory? John L. Withers of Greensboro, North Carolina, was commander of the U.S. Army’s all-black Quartermaster Truck Company 3511 that had been tasked with supplying emergency provisions …
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The Lodz Ghetto: An in-depth study What was life like for those trapped inside the Lodz ghetto? When the Germans sealed off the ghetto on May 1, 1940, 164,000 Jews were imprisoned in Lodz, the second largest of over 1,000 ghettos in Europe. Using photography and testimony, Yad Vashem educator Liz Elsby will provide insight …
Perpetrators of the Holocaust: A Reassessment Since the end of WWII, many explanations have been offered as to why the Nazis and their collaborators perpetrated the Holocaust. These range from early childhood abuse, the impact of Prussian militarism, and a human propensity to follow orders. Today it is clear that there is no one explanation, …