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B est wishes for the holiday season. Many of you are making charitable donations this time of year. If you feel Holocaust education is a priority, make a contribution as one of your top choices. One teacher can impact many students with the important resources and support given by sending your tax-deductible gift. Educational materials are provided at no cost to teachers so that students can learn important lessons very relevant today. The HERC mission has not been more important to act on the lessons of the Holocaust. You can also make “In Honor Of” and “In Memory Of ” donations to celebrate and remember special people and events in your lives. Event Sponsorships and underwriting of Education and Museum programming have an important impact as well. The rise and fall of Holocaust education in our schools and community – do we have a role to play? Connecting the past with today to teach Holocaust education will have the greatest impact in moral leadership. Our schools have seen hate behavior very recently and plan to take action to step up important student awareness days. At this time, programs are planned to reach all schools to impact more students. Interested in becoming a part of our Education programs? Are you a former teacher, volunteer or current college/university student with the time to assist HERC? Be part of an exciting program to leave an impact on our students and community! 2018 has been a phenomenal year filled with excellent programing, classroom visits, a jam packed calendar and future plans at Tallahassee Community College. Next year will be more exceptional with events and programs. Thank you for remembering so that we may transform the future with the dedication of our amazing board and volunteers. Don’t forget when you shop with Amazon Smile, they will donate to the Holocaust Education Resource Council. The work of the Holocaust Education Resource Council is imperative. We can be proud of our accomplishments as we meet the challenges of our time. We reach hundreds of teachers, with resources and support for teaching about the most complex moments in history, to students themselves living in this complex world. For instance, partnering with the Leon County Schools, we are training 100 teachers to deliver Holocaust lessons to every secondary school in Tallahassee. So, too, we are deepening and broadening our work at Tallahassee Community College, and developing new opportunities in the community. We have so much to do . . . and we must. December 2018 Volume 7 • No. 10 Newsletter You can make a difference today and donate to HERC at http://holocaustresources.org/donate/ Message from the Executive Director Education is the Only Hope Against Hatred Inside this Edition . . . Remembrance Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Dinner Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dinner Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HERC Bookclub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Leon High School Play 937 . . . . . . . . 5 Kristallnacht Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Education Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Teacher Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Membership Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Poster Sets for Schools Holocaust Education Resource Council • P.O.Box16282 • Tallahassee, FL 32317 HolocaustResources.org • https://www.facebook.com/HERCTallahassee Barbara
Transcript of Education is the Only Hope Against Hatred · 12 hours ago · HERC Newsletter 3 The HERC Book Club...
Best wishes for theholiday season.
Many of you aremaking charitabledonations this time ofyear. If you feelHolocaust education isa priority, make acontribution as one ofyour top choices. Oneteacher can impactmany students withthe importantresources and supportgiven by sending yourtax-deductible gift.Educational materials are provided at nocost to teachers so that students can learnimportant lessons very relevant today.The HERC mission has not been moreimportant to act on the lessons of theHolocaust. You can also make “In HonorOf” and “In Memory Of” donations tocelebrate and remember special peopleand events in your lives. EventSponsorships and underwriting ofEducation and Museum programminghave an important impact as well.
The rise and fall of Holocausteducation in our schools and community– do we have a role to play? Connectingthe past with today to teach Holocausteducation will have the greatest impactin moral leadership. Our schools haveseen hate behavior very recently andplan to take action to step up importantstudent awareness days. At this time,
programs are planned to reach allschools to impact more students.
Interested in becoming a part of ourEducation programs? Are you a formerteacher, volunteer or currentcollege/university student with the timeto assist HERC? Be part of an excitingprogram to leave an impact on ourstudents and community!
2018 has been a phenomenal yearfilled with excellent programing,classroom visits, a jam packed calendarand future plans at TallahasseeCommunity College. Next year will bemore exceptional with events andprograms. Thank you for rememberingso that we may transform the future withthe dedication of our amazing board andvolunteers.
Don’t forget when you shop withAmazon Smile, they will donate to theHolocaust Education Resource Council.
The work of the HolocaustEducation Resource Council isimperative. We can be proud ofour accomplishments as wemeet the challenges of ourtime. We reach hundreds ofteachers, with resources andsupport for teaching about themost complex moments inhistory, to students themselvesliving in this complex world.For instance, partnering withthe Leon County Schools, weare training 100 teachers todeliver Holocaust lessons toevery secondary school in
Tallahassee. So, too, we are deepeningand broadening our work at TallahasseeCommunity College, and developingnew opportunities in the community. Wehave so much to do . . . and we must.
December 2018 Volume 7 • No. 10
Newsletter
You can make a difference today and donate to HERC athttp://holocaustresources.org/donate/
Message from the Executive Director
Education is the Only Hope Against Hatred
Inside this Edition . . .Remembrance Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Dinner Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dinner Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HERC Bookclub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Leon High School Play 937 . . . . . . . . 5
Kristallnacht Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Education Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Teacher Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Membership Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Poster Sets for Schools
Holocaust Education Resource Council • P.O.Box16282 • Tallahassee, FL 32317HolocaustResources.org • https://www.facebook.com/HERCTallahassee
Barbara
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Marjorie Turnbull
Shelley Hill and Bill Graham Steve Evans, Nigel Allen, Anna Bertolucci.
Barbara Goldstein and Sandy D'Alemberte
Rita Blank Bernd Wollschlaeger
We Remember the Night of Remembrance
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The HERC Book Club 2018-2019
For more information contact Barbara Goldstein at [email protected]
www.HolocaustResources.org
Designated Site of the FDOE Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education. Funded in part by FDOE Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education.
The Holocaust Education Resource Council(HERC) Book Club eagerly anticipates the start of itsseventh year. Its primary purpose is to foster a greaterunderstanding of the history of the Holocaust,including its origins and processes, as well as topromote good relations among diverse groups withinour community. The public is always welcome andencouraged to participate.
Four books are selected this season and
discussions will be held on the second Thursday everyother month from September through March. Allmeetings will be held at at Midtown Reader at 1123Thomasville Rd. from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Books areselected by a volunteer committee and professionaleducators and religious leaders facilitate the discussionand provide historical background. The selections forthe 2018-2019 season are:
“Suzanne’s Children” by Anne Nelson September 13, 2018A story of courage in the face of evil. The tensedrama of Suzanne Spaak who risked and gaveher life to save hundreds of Jewish childrenfrom deportation from Nazi Paris to Auschwitz.
“Underground In Berlin” by Marie Jalowicz SimonJanuary 10, 2019A thrilling piece of undiscovered history, this isthe true account of a young Jewish woman whosurvived World War II in Berlin.
“My Grandfather Would HaveShot Me” by Jennifer TeegeNovember 8, 2018The New York Times bestselling memoir hailedas “unforgettable” (Publishers Weekly) and “astunning memoir of cultural trauma andpersonal identity” (Booklist).
“Neighbors” by Jan T. GrossMarch 14, 2019Revealing wider truths about Jewish-Polishrelations, the Holocaust, and human responsesto occupation and totalitarianism, Gross'sinvestigation sheds light on how Jedwabne'sJews came to be murdered-not by facelessNazis, but by people who knew them well.
HERC encourages all book club participants to join HERC and help fund teacher training for Holocauststudies in our schools, as well as offer special programs to the community throughout the year. Amembership form may be obtained at the HERC Web site listed below.
HERC Book Group at Midtown Reader at 1123 Thomasville Road • 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tallahasse Community College
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In 2019, HERC begins its fifth movieseries again asking the question, “Whatdid Americans know about the racismand horrors of the NAZI threat beforeand during WWII?” In the past fouryears, we have seen that Americanfilmgoers knew quite a bit about thediscriminatory policies of the Nazis,the denial of free speech and religion,and the existence of brutalconcentration camps inside Germany.This year, we are expanding our seriesto include a 2005 movie and a 2006documentary. These will add to ourunderstanding of resistance and justiceduring the Nazi era.
FREE 7:00 pm Movie ShowingsPresented by Holocaust Education Resource Council & Tallahassee Film Society
I Saw It In The Movies Series
ALL SAINTS CINEMA • 918 1/2 RAILROAD AVENUE • 850-386-4404 • WWW. TALLAHASSEEFILMS.COM
Tallahasse Community College
Thursday January 24, 2019 – Women in BondageThursday February 28, 2019 – Sophie Scholl:
The Final Days Thursday March 28, 2019 – None Shall EscapeThursday April 25, 2019 – Journey to Justice
WHERE: All Saints Cinema at RailRoad Square 918 1/2 Railroad Avenue
TIME: Showings at 7:00 pmCOST: FREE
Funded in part byFDOE Commissioner’s
Task Force onHolocaust Education
A Documentary Film
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The Annual Holocaust Education Week starts with the premier of the documentary“Eva” at 7 p.m. on February 4th at The Turner Auditorium. The film is part of a series
of events, presented in partnership with Tallahassee Community College, features a diverseselection of programs exploring issues and topics of the Holocaust.
The Holocaust Education Week is a unique program that honors, commemorates, andexplores the history of the Holocaust. Join us to learn more about this important event inour shared humanity.
The film “Eva” is a moving story of Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor. At age 10, shesurvived experiments by Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele. At age 50, she helped launch whatwas considered the biggest manhunt in history. Now at age 84, after decades of pain andanger, she travels the world to promote what her life journey has taught: hope, healing andhumanity.
Ted Green, the film’s producer, director and writer for the film, said that following Koraround the world for this film was “remarkably inspiring” and a “blessing”. Green hopesthat people are inspired by watching this film.
“I felt the power of Eva Mozes Kor’s story so strongly that I visited Auschwitz with her afew months ago. It was and is a lesson in remembering that the evil that once happenedcan do so again. It is up to each of us to be vigilant eternally.” Said David Lawrence Jr.,retired Miami Herald publisher and now chair of The Children’s Movement of Florida.
The film includes Kor’s decision to forgive Nazis. Speaking at the film about forgivenesswill be Rabbi Jack Romberg.
Ted Green and David Lawrence Jr., are expected to speak on the film following theupcoming screening on February 4, 2019. The post film discussion will be a reallyengaging opportunity.
Is the Holocaust unfathomable and inexplicable? This presentation challenges thatassertion by answering some of the most commonly asked questions about the Shoah.Peter Hayes is a professor of History and German, the Theodore Zev Weiss HolocaustEducational Foundation Professor of Holocaust Studies Emeritus at NorthwesternUniversity and Chair of the Academic Committee of the United States HolocaustMemorial Museum.
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Film Premier Kicks Off
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All Programs
FREE to Attend
Peter Hayes
Why? Explaining the Holocaust Holocaust Scholar and Historian Peter Hayes
Feb 6th Wednesday, 6:30 pm • TCC Downtown 300 W Pensacola St.
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