International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27. See inside for classroom resources. Plus: An announcement from LFJ.

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January 23, 2024


** Acclaimed Documentary One Survivor Remembers Urges All to Never Forget
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Survivor testimony provides a crucial way to learn about the Holocaust, understand the context, history and diversity of Jewish people, and address antisemitism in the world today. That’s why, in 2005, Learning for Justice (then known as Teaching Tolerance) interviewed Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein in support of One Survivor Remembers, an award-winning documentary from 1995 based on her testimony ([link removed]) .

In observation of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27, LFJ staff member Jaci Jones wrote this new article ([link removed]) that emphasizes how testimony like Klein’s is essential for understanding this history and its relevance today. “Testimonies like Gerda’s are essential because they build empathy and understanding in ways that historical facts alone do not,” Jones writes. “In history, as in life, personal connections matter.” Jones’ article also includes related resources and suggestions for using One Survivor Remembers in teaching young people about the Holocaust.


** Our Humanity Is Bound Together: Resources for Discussing the Holocaust
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** ‘Never Again’ Starts With Education
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Why do so many U.S. public schools mandate Holocaust education while simultaneously banning or censoring other “hard histories” from the classroom? This article ([link removed]) from LFJ examines that question and urges us to make a truly meaningful commitment to “never again” by teaching history in its full, difficult context.

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** ‘Hope, Despair and Memory’
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Writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel gave this sobering address when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986: “Of course we could try to forget the past. Why not? Is it not natural for a human being to repress what causes him pain, what causes him shame? Like the body, memory protects its wounds.” (The full text of Wiesel’s remarks ([link removed]) is available on LFJ’s website.)


** Additional Resources
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* One Survivor Remembers Film Kit ([link removed])
* ‘Here To Tell My Story’ ([link removed])

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