Teacher's Workshop
The 28th Annual Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference, “Resisters, Rescuers, Refugees,” will highlight the courageous resistance efforts of Jewish partisans and the extraordinary rescue efforts of individual Jews and non-Jews alike. Several films about resistance and rescue during WWII—some documentaries and some major studio productions such as Defiance—have recently been released, and this year’s Holocaust conference will be enhanced by a presentation of these films. At the Conference on March 29, Dr. Peter Fritzsche from the University of Illinois will discuss the failure of German citizens to resist the Nazis, and three Holocaust survivors will tell their stories of revisiting their hometowns in recent years. On April 7, McCutcheon High School students will be presenting Life in a Jar, the story of Irena Sendler’s rescue of 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto, to area school groups.
Of particular interest to educators will be a presentation on Sunday afternoon, March 29, in the Stewart Center at Purdue University by Mitch Braff, executive director of the Jewish Partisan Education Foundation in San Francisco, CA. (www.jewishpartisans.org). Mr. Braff is a documentary filmmaker who founded the Jewish Partisan Education Foundation in San Francisco to tell the story of the 20,000-30,000 European Jews who escaped the ghettos and death camps and joined partisan groups that resisted and sabotaged the Nazis. Mr. Braff has produced nine films on the subject and served as an advisor to Defiance. Mr. Braff will describe the Jewish resistance during WWII; his presentation is scheduled for approximately 3:00.
Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers: Teaching about the
Jewish Partisans of WWII
Monday, March 30, 2009 4:30 - 8:30
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Room 3, 535 W. State St., WL
Mr. Mitch Braff, executive director of the Jewish Partisan Education Foundation in San Francisco, CA (www.jewishpartisans.org) will conduct the workshop. Mr. Braff is a documentary filmmaker who founded the Jewish Partisan Education Foundation in San Francisco to tell the story of the 20,000-30,000 European Jews who escaped the ghettos and death camps and joined partisan groups that resisted and sabotaged the Nazis. Mr. Braff has produced nine films about the Jewish partisans and served as an advisor to Defiance.
Teachers will receive free materials for teaching about the resistance movement as well as a CD and poster. The workshop is free of charge, and Subway will be providing sandwiches and drinks.
Please register by
March 27
We encourage you to invite other educators to join you so just let us know how many will attend so that we have enough food for all!
To Register: Notify Sarah Powley
McCutcheon High School
4951 US Highway 231 South
Lafayette, IN 47909
765-474-1488 (Ext. 4042)
spowley@tsc.k12.in.us
Dinner provided by Subway
