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With the school year wrapping up, we invite you to start your summer learning by joining our June webinars that will enhance your skills as a Holocaust educator. Next month, we offer free one-hour in-depth learning on:

  • Holocaust denial and distortion,
  • The Allies' role in intervening during the Holocaust, 
  • Dimensions in Testimony with Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz,
  • Nazi persecution of the LGBTQ community, and
  • The aftermath of the Holocaust. 

Learn more and register below!

 
 
 
 
 
Holocaust Denial & Distortion
 

Holocaust denial and distortion are not only antisemitic and dangerous to the Jewish people, but also harm all individuals in society. Join Dr. Efraim Zuroff, known as “The Last of the Nazi Hunters,” who will speak about Holocaust denial and the growing threat of Holocaust distortion.

June 1, 2023 at 3 PM ET
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?
 

Could the Allies have done more during the Holocaust to stop the murders in the extermination camps? Join Dr. Joel Zisenwine, head of Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nation Department, who offers an insightful look into this question. 

June 5, 2023 at 3 PM ET
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching with Dimensions in Testimony: Meet Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz
 

Ben Ferencz was the last surviving prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials when he passed away in April. Join  Jesse Tannetta, Program Manager, and Frank Salcedo-Fierro, USC Shoah Foundation's Learning and Development Specialist, to access Mr. Ferencz’s Dimensions in Testimony interactive biography and learn how to incorporate this resource into your curriculum. 

June 15, 2023 at 4 PM ET
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nazi Persecution of the LGBTQ Community
 

Persecution of LGBTQ people was an accepted German state policy long before the Nazi regime, but between 1933-1945, propaganda and legislation targeting them grew dramatically. Join Yad Vashem educator Dr. David Deutsch who will use primary sources to examine the Nazis' persecution against Germans who were or were suspected of being LGBTQ during WWII. 

June 21, 2023 at 3 PM ET
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life after Death: Exploring the Aftermath of the Holocaust
 

Liberation is often seen as a time of celebration, but survivors of the Holocaust faced many challenges as they struggled to return to life. Join Echoes & Reflections Facilitator and current classroom educator George Dalbo to explore what happens after a genocide, such as the Holocaust, has taken place, from the plight of individual survivors to the rebuilding of communities and civil society. 

June 28, 2023 at 3 PM ET
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Access *5 NEW* Digital Student Activities

This year we added 5 NEW student activities to our current series, "Explore the Past, Shape the Future," focusing on: Fragility of Democracy, Escalation of Hate, Life in the Lodz Ghetto, Resistance, and Americans & the Holocaust.

 
 
 
 
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