Students at St. Anne School Hear A Survivor's Story

"Your name is part of who you are," explained Steve A. "Imagine if a law was passed forcing you to change your middle name. That's what happened to me. You'll see my middle name on my passport is 'Israel.' All males had to change their middle names to Israel. All females had to change their middle names to Sarah."

Steve A., a Holocaust survivor and member of the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau, grew up in Berlin, and was one of the 10,000 children who became part of the kindertransport.

Today he shared his experiences with Teacher Pam Sturgeon's 8th grade students at St. Anne school on Queen Anne in Seattle. His message was one of respect. He encouraged kids to accept each other's differences, and to stand up and speak out when they see unjustice in their own lives and in the world around them.