This item from the Tennessee Holocaust Commission is worth your time! The Nashville area program will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CST) at the Student Life Center on Vanderbilt Campus located at 310 25th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240. This years Irvin and Elizabeth Limor educational outreach program will feature Eva Kor who is a survivor of Auschwitz. Eva along with her twin sister Miriam, was subjected to human experimentation under Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Both of her parents and two older sisters were killed at the camp; only she and Miriam survived. In 1984 Kor founded the organization CANDLES (an acronym for Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors), through which she located 122 other living Mengele twins, as the experiment survivors came to be known. The conference will also feature, Arthur Allen and his new book, The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr.Weigl. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with survivors, Arthur Allen tells the harrowing story of two brave scientists-a Christian and a Jew- who put their expertise regarding the typhus vaccine to the best possible use, at the highest personal danger. This one-day conference is open to the public and specifically designed for middle and high school teachers to provide them with additional knowledge and resources about the Holocaust. Educators are encouraged to identify up to four mature students to accompany them to the all day workshop for hands-on activities and interaction with survivors and educators in the field of Holocaust studies. Teachers intending to bring students are required to contact the THC with the name and number of students who will attend the conferences. Danielle Kahane-Kaminsky Tennessee Holocaust Commission [email protected] 615-343-2563
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:57:28 +0000
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