Lecture and Teacher Seminar at the Museum of Flight

Last week, the Museum of Flight hosted a public lecture and a teacher seminar on teaching about the Holocaust.  Thank you to everyone who was able to attend!

The lecture, by Bob Herschkowitz, discussed the question of why the Allies didn't bomb Auschwitz.  The lecture was given as an International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program.  This day, January 27th, was designated by the United Nations and marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.

The teacher seminar included topics such as: "Rise of the Nazi Party and the National Socialist Government," "Photo Analysis: Looking at Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Collaborators," "Rescue and Resistance," and "An Introduction to Genocide."  These discussions were led by Stephen Pagaard, Branda Anderson, Josephine Cripps, and Nick Coddington.

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Thank you to our new sponsor!

Thank you Mills Meyers Swartling Attorneys for sponsoring the Holocaust Center's community program and teacher training on January 17th and 18th at the Museum of Flight!

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program*
The Bombing of Auschwitz
January 17, 2013  |  6:30pm - 8:30pm  |  Museum of Flight, Seattle
Free and open to the public.  RSVP

Why didn't the Allies bomb Auschwitz? Robert Herschkowitz, historian, Boeing engineer, retired Naval Commander, and Holocaust survivor, will discuss one of the most debated questions of World War II.  Sponsored by the Holocaust Center and the Museum of Flight. RSVP

*In 2005, the United Nations designated January 27th - the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 - as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the spring the world also commemorates the Holocaust with Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah in Hebrew. This year Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on April 8, 2013.

 

Creating Change: Teaching about the Holocaust & Genocide
January 18, 2013  |  8:00am - 4:00pm  |  Museum of Flight, Seattle

Sessions include: an overview of the Holocaust;  analyzing photographs: perpetrators, bystanders, victims, and upstanders;  rescue and resistance; an introduction to genocide.  Participants will also have the opportunity to take a docent-led tour of the Museum of Flight's Personal Courage wing (which highlights World War II).   $20 Registration fee - lunch and clock hours included. Presented in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in partnership with the Museum of Flight.  

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The Holocaust Center at the WLMA Conference, Yakima

"Everywhere I turned, people were wearing the Holocaust Center's new stickers - 'Change begins with me.' Thank you librarians for sharing this very important message!"

The Holocaust Center thanks the many librarians who stopped by the Holocaust Center's table at the WLMA (Washington Library Media Association) Conference in Yakima.

The conference was attended by 600 teacher-librarians. Over 2 days, hundreds of the participants stopped by the Holocaust Center's table to learn about the Center's programs and resources, picked up the Holocaust Center's new "Change begins with me" stickers, and spoke with Ilana Cone Kennedy, Director of Education.

We look forward to an opportunity to work with you! Thank you!

Holocaust Center Struts Its Stuff at the AWSP/WASA Conference in Spokane

The Holocaust Center's booth was a busy one at the AWSP/WASA Conference this past Sunday and Monday at the Spokane Convention Center. The conference attracted 600 superintendents, principals, and administrators from all over the state.

Lauren (the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau Coordinator and Office Manager) and I packed the car full of an impressive collection of the Center's displays, resources, and program information. We then drove out to Spokane for a whirlwind two days of meeting new people and re-connecting with others.

Thank you to everyone who visited our booth. We look forward to working with you.

-Ilana Cone Kennedy, Director of Education