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“In the beginning was a Word…”

August 7, 2024

Inspired by the 2018 TOLI seminar in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Marzena Wolschlaeger, a History and Social Studies teacher in Bydgoszcz developed the powerful “In the beginning was a Word …” project together with Danuta Kopińska- Kołowacikin to show students how intolerance and discrimination are spread in their schools. “It began with words, then turned to…

Holocaust Educators Convene in Atlanta

July 17, 2024

The teachers – middle, high school, and college educators – were brought together by The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights.

Expanding Holocaust Education in Wisconsin

June 10, 2024

Scott Lone, a Wisconsin teacher at West Bend East High School in West Bend, Wisconsin, has been teaching the Holocaust for 23 years. Scott first attended the NY Summer Seminar in 2014: “It was the best professional development I’ve ever had in 23 years of teaching. It unfolded all kinds…

Amber Tilley: The Urgency of Teaching Holocaust Literature

November 2, 2023

Amber Tilley, a teacher at Northland Pines High School, was raised in a small Wisconsin town. She recalls how profoundly moved she was by Elie Wiesel’s book “Night” when starting her career. She knew she wanted to teach the book and its depiction of Auschwitz and genocide, but…