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East TN State University
Reece Medical Museum
Hosts The:
August 2nd- August 3rd, 2017
Metro Nashville Public Schools Social Studies
District In-Service
Hillsboro High School
Nashville, TN
August 5, 2017
Frances Cutler Hahn speaks at Russellville Baptist Church
Russellville, KY
August 8, 2017
Danielle Kahane-Kaminsky speaks at the
Commission on Aging & Disability
Nashville, TN
August 17, 2017
Metro Nashville Police Recruit Training
Gordon Jewish Community Center
Nashville, TN
September 26, 2017
Saul Friedlander:
Where Memory Leads
Flynn Auditorium Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, TN
October 6, 2017
Inge Auerbacher
Knoxville Conference
Sarah Simpson Center
Knoxville, TN
October 8, 2017
Anniversary Dedication of the Nashville Holocaust Memorial
Nashville, TN
October 19, 2017
Trudy Dreyer speaks in
Wartburg, TN
October 24, 2017
Roman Kent & Paula Burger
Nashville/Limor Conference
The Temple
Nashville, TN
October 26, 2017
Paula Burger
Memphis Conference
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
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Group in front of the Schindler Factory in Krakow, Poland.
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Jen Underwood pictured next to the Berlin Wall.
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Dan Carpenter lights a memorial candle at the Treblinka Death Camp.
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THC Executive Director Danielle Kaminsky at Treblinka.
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The group link arms as they walk from the Judenramp to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Gary Taft looks through the "Book of Names" at Auschwitz.
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David, our European tour guide, addresses the group at Majdanek Concentration Camp.
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Our tour guide, David, orients the group to the Kazimierz district in Krakow.
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Ghetto Heroes Monument in Krakow, Poland.
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Final group dinner before departure in Old Town Warsaw.
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"Living On" Exhibit on Tour in June and July at UT Knoxville
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Photographer, Rob Heller, shares the story behind several of the portraits displayed in the gallery.
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Highlights from our
Holocaust Study Tour
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| Our group outside a synagogue in Tykocin, Poland. |
Our European study tour was a huge success! The tour included sixteen teachers from around the state of Tennessee who traveled together to Germany and Poland. The group visited several museums, monuments, and historical Holocaust sites. Click on the link below to read the trip blog
and reflections.
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Highlights
from Building Bridges Seminar for Catholic Educators
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| Group photo of Building Bridges participants. |
Sixty Catholic educators from all over the state gathered in Nashville, Tennessee for a three-day training workshop led by the TN Holocaust Commission in partnership
The Diocese and Catholic schools throughout the state of Tennessee, The Temple Ohabai Sholom, Vanderbilt University, Aquinas College, and the Anti-Defamation League.
This unique professional development opportunity was designed for Catholic school educators to learn how to teach about the Holocaust, antisemitism and its lasting effects on contemporary society.
The workshop consisted of
an in-depth study of the history of Antisemitism,
best practice instructional strategies for teaching about the Holocaust, and the testimonies of two child survivors, John Koenigsberg and Frances Cutler Hahn.
Jewish folksinger, Batsheva Capek performed music that was played and sung in the camps and ghettos during the Holocaust. The workshop concluded with a traditional Shabbat dinner and service led by Rabbi Mark Schiftan.
Below are some of the highlights from the Building Bridges Seminar:
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Dr. A.J. Levine delivers a talk titled, "From Judaism to Anti-Judaism."
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| Educators analyze historical documents which include antisemitic content in an activity titled the "Bricks of Hate." |
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Sister Mary Anne listens as a teaching activity is explained at Aquinas College.
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Two educators listen intently to Frances Cutler Hahn.
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"Deadly Medicine" Exhibit Opens at ETSU
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's traveling exhibition, "Deadly Medicine: Creating
the Master Race" is now open at East Tennessee State University at the Reece Medical Museum July 31 through September 30, 2017. The exhibit
traces the eugenics movement and its history from the early 20th-century to the Nazi regime's "science of race." It also challenges viewers to reflect on the present-day interest in genetic manipulation.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
For more information and to schedule a tour for your community or school group, contact Spenser Brenner, Exhibition Coordinator, at the Reece Museum at 423-439-6620 or at
[email protected]
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Educational Opportunities
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Nashville Holocaust Memorial Essay Contest
There will be an Anniversary Celebration for the Nashville Holocaust Memorial this fall, and the Memorial Committee is sponsoring a student essay and art contest. If you have toured the Nashville Holocaust Memorial recently with your students the committee would love to receive your entries. All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2017. There are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
To learn more about this opportunity please click the link below:
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Graduate Student Conference on Holocaust and Other Genocides
The Strassler Center will host the Fourth International Graduate Student Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies (April 12 to 15, 2018), in cooperation with the Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
The conference will provide a forum for advanced doctoral students and early post-docs to present their research projects to peers and established scholars.
The application deadline is
August 31, 2017.
Click
HERE for additional information about the conference and how to apply.
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Bring The THC To Your School
The THC will come to your school or district to provide customized professional development aligned with Tennessee State Standards. THC staff can work with your building or district PLC's or any group that wants to expand and extend their Holocaust education expertise. Click the link below to download sample descriptions of what we are able to offer.
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