DHRC is happy to announce that we’ve received a grant from the Dayton Foundation to re-do and print our brochures (the general brochure and the Faces of the Holocaust brochure). The ones we now have are some two decades old and very much out of date. The new ones will have, among other features, QR […]
website of a new museum in Israel dedicated to Jewish soldiers who fought in World War II. The main page is in Hebrew; click on the word “English” at the left just below the photo. http://www.jwmww2.org/
new and very comprehensive curriculum from the Holocaust Educational Trust – it’s British, but certainly appropriate for American classrooms too. http://www.het.org.uk/
http://sinclair.edu/news/sinclair-dedicates-work-by-winner-of-max-may-memorial-holocaust-art-contest
Dear Colleagues, I would like to call your attention to the current feature at Writing the Holocaust, which focuses on Marked: Poems of the Holocaust (NYQ Books, 2014), Stephen Herz’s stunning new book. This feature includes two complete poems, “Morgen Früh” and “Whatever You Can Carry”) and a substantial excerpt from “Shots,” Herz’s masterwork that […]
New “video toolbox” for teachers from Yad vaShem in Jerusalem. Teachers, check it out. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/video/hevt_about.asp
Teachers who use Twitter: see this note which our director received: Dear Colleagues, Tonight I launched the first Twitter chat focusing on Holocaust education. We had 8 people who joined and I have archived our first chat at the following link: https://storify.com/EmilyAmieWitty/holocaustedchat. If you know anyone who would like to participate, please let them know […]
If you are planning to visit our “Prejudice and Memory” exhibit at the Air Force Museum, you can now download to your smart phone a set of brief podcasts (featuring the voice of our director, Renate!) to guide you through the exhibit. More podcasts featuring the voices of local survivors are planned. You must download […]
We have added a Youtube channel – you can find it by searching “Dayton Holocaust” on Youtube. All the “Faces of the Holocaust” video interviews will be added… slowly; the upload takes a long time.
