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FALL/WINTER | 2015/2016 MCHE Completes Web Access to Survivor Archive Over the last two years, MCHE • In addition to online holdings, full-length, staff has worked to preserve audio and original versions of the video testimonies videotaped testimonies of local Holocaust are available for onsite viewing by survivors and to make them accessible researchers and other patrons. to the public on the MCHE website. “Creating an online archive not only These testimonies cover the geographic serves our mission locally and regionally range of European Jewish experiences in the but also allows us to reach students Holocaust as well as a variety of circumstances, and classroom teachers nationally and including forced labor, hiding, death camps internationally,” said Jessica Rockhold, and emigration in the 1930s. MCHE director of education. “We know This collection, now fully available at that students and teachers utilize these www.mchekc/survivors, includes testimonies in their classroom studies, • 40 condensed versions of video and we hope to become a destination for testimonies gathered in 1994 during researchers as well. An added benefit is that MCHE’s Witness to the Holocaust project our website provides families of survivors (transcripts will be available in 2016) with access to these personal histories no • 49 audio interviews conducted as part • 73 individual survivor profiles, complete matter where they are in the world.” of MCHE’s Portrait 2000 exhibit, as well with supplemental resources to enhance For an onsite viewing appointment, as transcripts of the interviews, which understanding of each survivor’s please contact Shelly Cline at 913-327-8194 focus on pre- and postwar experiences unique experience or [email protected].

MCHE Library and Archive Reopens for Business! It has been an exciting summer at MCHE’s Holocaust Library and Archive, formerly known as the Resource Center! Thanks to a major reorganization led by librarian Ronda Hassig, also librarian at Harmony Middle School, and assisted by student volunteer Imire Goller, patrons no longer need to know the author’s last name in order to find a resource on a particular topic. Instead, books are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system, one of the most widely used systems in the world today and the one found in most academic libraries. The Library of Congress • Library Hours: 8:30 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday or divides all knowledge into 21 classes and sub-divides them from there. on Wednesdays until 7:00 p.m. by appointment (email [email protected]). Posters displaying the most often studied Holocaust topics will lead visitors to a variety of sub-themes, resulting in a search that turns • Over 3,000 titles are available for free loan. up not only one, but several resources on a desired topic. This will be • BARGAIN WEEK – NOVEMBER 16-20 especially helpful for contestants in the White Rose Student Essay Shop from our full inventory of sale items during regular office Contest, as well as for graduate students and academics. hours or make an appointment for Wednesday evening.

MCHE | 913-327-8190 | [email protected] | mchekc.org 1 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Raising the Bar: MCHE Strives to JEAN ZELDIN Satisfy a Thirst for Knowledge

For those in the education field, • In addition to our relationships with Labor Day is our New Year’s Eve. Though the National Archives at Kansas City THERE IS STILL A GREAT THIRST no ball drops in Times Square, the start of and the National World War I Museum FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE a new academic year is a time for reflection and Memorial, MCHE has developed and new resolve, a time to assess past program partnerships with other non- HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST accomplishments and to set new goals, profits, including the Negro Leagues AND ITS SEEMINGLY LIMITLESS inevitably raising our internal bar of Baseball Museum, UMKC, Rockhurst RAMIFICATIONS. expectations to meet those of our University, Avila University, Kansas City constituents. Art Institute, and both the Truman and Within the span of 14 months, from Eisenhower Libraries. Pay It Forward June 2014 through August of this year, • MCHE hosts an academic roundtable What you also may not know is the MCHE partnered with the National Archives of regional university faculty and importance of our annual members. Last (NARA) at Kansas City on two major administers a new consortium that offers year, membership gifts accounted for nearly traveling exhibitions—State of Deception: an interdisciplinary graduate Certificate 38% of MCHE’s unrestricted revenue, The Power of Nazi Propaganda and Discovery in Holocaust Studies (see page 4). which is critical to keeping our doors and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage— • The Jack Mandelbaum Holocaust open and retaining quality professionals to and offered 12 free speaker programs in Speakers Bureau features children of manage programs and general operations. cooperation with NARA and the National survivors who tell their parents’ stories If you are among the tens of thousands World War I Museum and Memorial. and share their own perspectives. who have attended our programs, visited Generous funding from local foundations Last year, this free program reached a our website, borrowed materials from our and trusts coupled with enthusiastic total of nearly 5,000 students and adults. Library and Archive or benefited simply reception by the general public tells us that, • The Isak Federman Holocaust Teaching by reading our newsletter, please consider despite decades of distance from these events Cadre has been going strong for over becoming an annual member or renewing and questions of relevance that arise from 20 years and serves as a model for a lapsed membership. Think about MCHE time to time, there is still a great thirst for similar programs in other states. when the time comes to remember a special information about the history of the Holocaust • Since 2000, MCHE has been recognized occasion or to honor the memory of a friend and its seemingly limitless ramifications. by the Jewish Foundation for the or loved one. We will be delighted to add Righteous in New York as a Center your name to those of other members in our Little Known Facts of Excellence. spring newsletter and to recognize you as an In this newsletter, you will read • MCHE is an active member of the annual donor next fall. about the many ways in which MCHE Association of Holocaust Organizations, Please make your gift by using the is addressing this ongoing quest for for which I serve as treasurer of the envelope between pages 6 and 7 or visiting knowledge. What you may not know are board of directors. Through the AHO, mchekc.org. Join with hundreds of other the following “little known facts” about we have connected with many speakers MCHE donors listed there in helping us the many ways in which MCHE serves the and learned about exhibitions we then raise the bar even higher. By paying it educational needs of our community. share with our community. forward, you too can make a difference.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Courage to JOYCE HESS Share Their Stories Photo Credit: James Maidhof AS PRESENTED AT MCHE’S 2015 ANNUAL MEETING Photography

I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, She was liberated from Bergen-Belsen a sister, a friend, an accountant, an concentration camp in April 1945. Now THEIR VISION OF THE WORLD American, a Jew and a child of a Holocaust she would add “survivor” to her identity CHANGED AFTER LISTENING survivor. These characteristics make up my and begin the struggles of starting a new TO HER EXPERIENCES. identity. My identity is not much different life without any extended family other from others in this community except than her sister. She immigrated to Chicago for the last characteristic, being a child in 1947, obtained her high school diploma, for my social studies class. She came, she of a survivor. My daughters, Kate and worked in the payroll department at Hart, spoke and she continued speaking right up Alex, have a distinct identity by being Shaffner and Marx, married my father, to her death in 2007. Whenever she spoke grandchildren of a survivor. David Golad, a World War II veteran, to students, you could hear a pin drop. moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and started Their vision of the world changed after her life as an American—surrounded listening to her experiences. by Americans and living the American dream. She expanded her identity to Responsibility Is Ours include American citizen and mother, with We often hear that time heals all pain, the birth of my sister, Esther, of blessed and it is true that time is a great healer. memory. So now her identity seemed But my mother’s pain was not healed. She complete—a wife, mother, U.S. citizen and, was deeply scarred by her life’s experiences yes, Holocaust survivor. during the Holocaust. Her conscience would not let her forget and neither will mine. Discussion Begins So the responsibility to inform the The Holocaust was not a topic discussed next generation is ours, the children and in our home. Did my mother want to grandchildren of survivors. We have to Sonia Golad Photo Credit: David Sosland protect her children from the knowledge summon the courage to share their stories SHE STARTED TALKING AND WE of the pain she had suffered? Did she not of the atrocities that mankind is capable want to burden us with a sense of guilt for of committing. It is my hope, during LISTENED. IT SEEMED SURREAL what she had experienced? Or was it just my term as president of the MCHE AS SHE SPOKE FOR HOURS, BUT too painful for her to re-live all that had board, that our 2nd Generation Speakers TIME STOOD STILL. WE WERE happened to her? Bureau will grow to include more MESMERIZED BY HER STORY. I’m not sure why we weren’t told, but participants to share their families’ Holocaust experiences. To read Sonia’s story as told in MCHE’s when I was 15 years old, my mother’s past From the Heart: Life Before and After the began to become part of my future and The more students and community Holocaust ~ A Mosaic of Memories, visit an integral part of my identity when my organizations we can reach…the more http://mchekc.org/portfolio-posts/goladsonia. brother, Allan, needed to write a term paper conversation we can generate about for his history class on the Holocaust. how the history of the Holocaust can Sonia’s Story Seated at the kitchen table, Allan said to teach lessons to counter indifference, At the age of 12, my mother, Sonia my mother, “Tell me your story.” She started intolerance and genocide…the more lives Golad (then Sonia Borowik), was living in talking and we listened. It seemed surreal as we can touch through the teachers that her birthplace of Wilno (Vilna), Poland. Her she spoke for hours, but time stood still. We use MCHE for educational resources… life changed in a way she could have never were mesmerized by her story. We never the more community programming that imagined. Her happy childhood ceased to knew the pain she had experienced, the we can sponsor or co-sponsor with other exist. Her own identity, just beginning to heartache she felt from the loss of her family, organizations…the more we will keep be formed, would be reshaped forever. She the struggles she endured to start a new life. this history relevant. would endure four years of confinement, After she shared her story with us, I As the years pass, my hope is that the first two years in the Wilno (Vilna) urged my mother to share it with others. our mission continues to be applicable to Ghetto and nearly two years in numerous When I was in high school, I asked her everyday life as we teach our youth that labor and concentration camps. to formulate her story into a presentation ‘Never Again’ will such history repeat itself.

MCHE | Making Changes for Humanity through Education 3 Jewish Film Festival Includes The Eichmann Show Sunday, January 24 • 7:00 p.m. Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus

This year’s Jewish Film Festival, a project of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (The J), includes a screening of The Eichmann Show, released in January of this year and MCHE’s choice as the official History Screening entry. Filmed in Lithuania and Malta, The Eichmann Show is a 90-minute dramatization illustrating the challenges and frustrations encountered by an American production team attempting to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. Historians credit coverage of his trial with spurring public interest in the Holocaust and in the experiences of survivors. Tickets may be purchased online at kcjff.org or by calling 913-327-8054.

MCHE Introduces Graduate Certificate in Holocaust Studies In a partnership with Avila University, Professional or Personal Development Tracy Cobden, a teacher at Raytown Kansas City Art Institute, Park University Students can use the CHS to High School and a student in the inaugural and the University of Missouri-Kansas supplement an existing degree program, class, said of the course, “It pushed me out City, to develop a credential for professional of my comfort zone and challenged me MCHE is proud to announce the development, or to enrich an area of to consider new ideas. It made me look successful launch of the Graduate personal interest. Our certificate is of at World War II and Hitler’s Germany Certificate in Holocaust Studies (CHS). value to students across a broad range of from different perspectives, and class Three years in disciplines, especially those in the fields discussions were very thought provoking.” the planning, and to our knowledge the of history, international studies, political In addition to the introductory first such program to be coordinated by science, geography, religious studies course, which will be offered again in the a Holocaust center, this innovative project and psychology. It can enhance the fall of 2016, students may choose from a is an extension of HEART, MCHE’s credentials of those seeking careers in variety of approved courses offered at Holocaust Education Academic Roundtable, law international business, education, each institution for a total of 18 graduate begun in 2006, and the major component criminal justice and government service. credit hours. The program culminates of a Consortium Agreement among the in a capstone experience course under partner institutions. Interdisciplinary Curriculum the auspices of a professor chosen by While most graduate programs are At the heart of this exciting new the student. limited to the faculty of one institution, interdisciplinary program is the Dr. Shelly Cline, MCHE public the Consortium brings together scholars introductory course, a core class required historian and CHS program coordinator, representing a wide range of disciplines for all certificate students. Organized said of the program, “The Certificate from post-secondary institutions and facilitated last spring by Dr. Andrew in Holocaust Studies is an attractive throughout the Kansas City region. Bergerson of UMKC and Dr. Brian opportunity for students and will further The Consortium allows students who Cowley of Park University, with curricular strengthen partnerships between MCHE are enrolled in member institutions and support from other HEART members, the and local university communities.” the Certificate Program to take approved course familiarizes students with a variety To learn more about CHS, eligibility courses from other member institutions. of approaches to Holocaust and genocide requirements and application procedures, Its unique composition allows for studies through a review of the most recent contact Shelly Cline at 913-327-8194 or flexibility in the development of research research and encourages them to develop visit http://mchekc.org/certificatein topics and projects. their own research interests. holocauststudies.

4 MCHE | 913-327-8190 | [email protected] | mchekc.org Kristallnacht Commemoration Focuses on International Remembrance On November 9 and 10, 1938, the approximately 30,000 Jewish men were Nazi SS and other national police agencies imprisoned in concentration camps. Rioters in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland also damaged Jewish cemeteries, hospitals carried out a series of violent, state- and schools while police and fire brigades sponsored, anti-Jewish pogroms devised by stood aside, under orders to intervene only Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minster of Public if the fires threatened non-Jewish property. Enlightenment and Propaganda. Kristallnacht ended any illusion that These events, designed to appear normal Jewish life under the Nazis was still Jewish-owned shop destroyed during Kristallnacht in Berlin, Germany, November 1938. as spontaneous, came to be known as possible. It also marked a turning point in Kristallnacht (commonly translated as Nazi anti-Jewish policy that would culminate It will feature a talk by MCHE’s public “Night of Broken Glass”), a reference to the in the Holocaust—the systematic, state- historian, Dr. Shelly Cline, detailing the broken windows of synagogues, Jewish- sponsored mass murder of European Jews. significance of these events in German owned stores and community centers, and This year’s community-wide history, including discussion about how to the homes destroyed and plundered Kristallnacht commemoration will take Kristallnacht is commemorated in different by the rioters. In all, 267 synagogues place on Monday, November 9 at 7:00 p.m. parts of the world today. were burned or destroyed, 7,500 Jewish in Jewish Community Campus Social Hall, Complimentary reservations are businesses were vandalized or looted, at 5801 West 115th Street, Overland Park, available by calling 913-327-8196 or least 91 Jewish people were killed, and Kansas. emailing [email protected].

1941: A PIVOTAL YEAR IN HOLOCAUST HISTORY MCHE Launches Adult Lunch and Learn Series In 1941, after securing the Western February 2 February 16 Front, Germany again turned its attention Life in the Polish Ghettos Preparing for the Final Solution to the East. Conditions worsened for Polish The ghettos were the last place Polish As mass murder commenced along the Jews living in the ghettos, and the military Jews functioned as families and communities. Eastern Front throughout 1941, Nazi leaders war against the Soviet Union resulted in In the midst of deteriorating conditions and in Berlin were making preparations for a radicalized policy toward the Jews and the extreme hardship they sought not just to “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” first moves toward genocide. survive, but to live. This session explores the That summer, orders were given, decisions Beginning in February, MCHE will cyclical conditions designed to undermine made and methods tested in preparation for offer its first adult learning series, which these communities, as well as the means the establishment of the six killing centers. will explore major events of this pivotal year employed by the Jewish community to This session explores the methods by which the in Holocaust history. Five weekly sessions sustain their lives and culture. “Final Solution” was achieved and the rationale will be held from noon until 1:15 p.m. at the behind the expanded killing operation. Jewish Community Campus at a cost of $50 February 9 for the series. Participants are encouraged Jews on the Eastern Front February 23 & March 1 bring dairy or vegetarian lunches. Beverages Jewish life east of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Jewish Experiences in the Axis and dessert will be provided. line followed a unique trajectory during the Countries—Parts I and II Led by MCHE’s public historian Holocaust. Initially sheltered from German While Jews under German occupation Dr. Shelly Cline, the sessions will feature occupation, in 1941 these Jewish communities experienced persecution and murder as a short lectures and stimulating class were the first to face murderous Nazi policy. direct result of Nazi policy, those living in discussions. In response to this mass murder, Jews in countries under a military alliance with the East formed significant communal Germany often experienced varied levels responses, including some of the most of persecution as a result of the national For additional information or to successful armed resistance movements leadership. In 1941, many of these Jewish register, please visit http://mchekc. of the Holocaust, the partisans. This session communities began to experience changes org/lunchandlearn or call Shelly will explore the destruction of East to their status. This session explores their Cline at 913-327-8194. European Jewish lives and culture, but relationships with the Axis governments also the role of resistance in the East. and their ultimate fate in the Holocaust.

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2016 Free Film Series January 27 • Address Unknown The relationship between an art dealer and his Jewish business partner during the rise of Nazism in Germany is at the heart of this 1944 film. Famed director William Cameron Menzies brings Kathrine Kressman Taylor’s rediscovered 1938 short story to the screen with some of the finer shots ever filmed in black and white. Address Unknown is a suspenseful film and a revealing look at contemporary attitudes and knowledge of Hitler’s Germany. (Running time: 75 minutes – English)

The films in this series were thoughtfully chosen to highlight the progression from the February 24 • Conspiracy early era of Nazi power, to the planning and FEBRUARY 24 It was a polite meeting with food, drink and debate. implementation of the “Final Solution,” and Ninety minutes later, the “Final Solution” was ratified and finally to the postwar prosecution of those the fate of six million lives decided. Conspiracy is based deemed responsible for the crimes of the on the only surviving record of the Wannsee Conference. Third Reich. As such, the audience will find This provocative drama, winner of the 2002 Peabody the totality of the series as rewarding as each Award and the 2003 BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama, individual film. recreates the meeting of mid-ranking SS commanders PROGRAM SCHEDULE and government ministers as they gathered at this All films will be shown on Wednesdays in lakeside villa. It is a powerful portrayal of the bureaucracy the Social Hall of the Jewish Community of genocide. (Running time: 96 minutes – English) Campus. Each program will begin at 7:00 p.m. with an introduction to the film. Snacks will be provided. New and gently used resources March 30 • Belzec will be available for sale (cash preferred). The first of the Nazi death camps, Belzec was in MARCH 30 RESERVATIONS operation for less than one year, yet it witnessed the murder To make reservations, please call of at least 600,000 Jews. Once the Soviet counterattacks 913-327-8196 or email [email protected] began, the SS eliminated all traces of the camp and Belzec by noon the day prior to each film. Seating faded from collective conscience, to be largely forgotten for those with advance reservations begins at and overshadowed. In this film, conceived of by executive 6:30 p.m. Walkups are welcome and will be producer Claude Lanzman as the last chapter to his seated beginning at 6:45 p.m. epic Shoah, Helmer Guillaume Moscovitz has created a chilling account that is as much about remembrance as it is about the past. (Running time: 100 minutes – French SPONSORSHIP and Polish with English subtitles) OPPORTUNITIES To help defray costs of licensing fees, publicity and refreshments, MCHE April 27 • The Nuremberg Trials APRIL 27 invites sponsorships of $150 for In 1945, at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, individual films and full series Germany, 21 representatives of the Nazi elite stood before sponsorships of $500 (Supporter) an international military tribunal, charged with the and $1,000 (Patron). systematic murder of millions of people. The Nuremberg Trials tells the dramatic story of this groundbreaking Please make your gift by mail, online exercise in international justice. The irony of these men at mchekc.org/filmseries, or by calling taking the stand in Nuremberg, formerly the site of many MCHE’s executive director Jean Zeldin of most spectacular Nazi rallies, was not lost on the at 913-327-8191. Donations are also prosecutors, defendants or the world that was watching. appreciated at the door but not required. (Running time 60 minutes – English)

8 MCHE | 913-327-8190 | [email protected] | mchekc.org Justice: Before and Beyond Nuremberg Dr. Shelly Cline, MCHE Public Historian In the fall of 1945, the war was over particularly through the Belsen Trial, but the continent of Europe was marked by before the Americans became involved unprecedented suffering and destruction. in the Nuremberg Trials, set to begin in Over 40 million people were left homeless, late November. Much was at stake for transportation lines were disrupted, all involved. and millions of acres of farmland were left destroyed. Low estimates totaled Belsen Focused on Individuals human losses between 1939 and 1945 at The Trial of Josef Kramer and 44 a staggering 36 and a half million deaths others was held from September 17 from war-related causes. Of these, 19 to November 17, 1945, in Lüneberg, million were non-combatants. What many Germany, a small town near Bergen- people wanted most was to recover the Belsen. Belsen was located in the British trappings of normal life in a legitimate zone of occupation; therefore, the trial was state. Part of this project was the pursuit conducted by British authorities. Irma Grese standing in the courtyard of the Prisoner of justice. The trial lasted 44 days, at the end of War cage at Celle with Josef Kramer. Both were convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death. The Moscow Declaration of October of which sentences were handed down. Photo Credit: Imperial War Museums. © IWM (BU 9745) 1943 mandated that war criminals be tried Because it was a military court, no by the countries in which the crimes had reasoned judgments were delivered, been committed. Excluded from this were leaving only the length of the sentence to Justice After those individuals whose crimes were not provide insight. This lack of explanation confined to one geographic area, such proved problematic and confusing to the Nuremberg as those who staffed the concentration public when 14 of the accused were found Presented By: Mark Hull, Ph.D. camps. These criminals were tried “not guilty.” Public opinion criticized the Associate Professor, U.S. Army under the London Agreement on the tribunal for its leniency; many expected Command and General Staff College, Punishment of the Major War Criminals all to be convicted and sentenced to death. Fort Leavenworth, KS of the European Axis, established in A new exercise in international justice, Tuesday, November 10 August 1945. This established the basis for the trial was confusing and frustrating for National Archives at Kansas City the International Military Tribunal. those involved. Reception 6:00 p.m. Program 6:30 p.m. Uncertain Atmosphere System Indictment at Nuremberg The Belsen Trial began the era of Just days after the conclusion of the Dr. Hull’s presentation will focus on the postwar justice in the West. Trials of staff Belsen Trial, the Allied powers convened subsequent Nuremberg Military from other major and minor concentration in Nuremberg for the trial of 22 major Tribunals that involved 12 cases, camps followed over the next few years. Nazi criminals. By the trial’s end, 12 were including mobile killing squads Each trial reflected the particular moment sentenced to death. Many defendants (Einsatzgruppen), high commanders, of its time and highlighted specific issues. unsuccessfully claimed to be following judges, industrialists and physicians. Belsen was the first trial of the Nazi system superior orders. Unlike Belsen, this trial This free program is presented by and reflected immediate postwar attitudes. was largely about the Nazi state and system the National Archives at Kansas City, The high-profile Nuremberg Trial was and not about those directly involved in in partnership with the Command about the Nazi system and larger questions the perpetration of the Holocaust. and General Staff College at Fort of humanity and justice. Between 1945 and 1947, nearly Leavenworth, Kansas, MCHE, These trials were conducted in the 5,000 people were convicted of war the Truman Center at UMKC, and uncertain postwar atmosphere. In the crimes or crimes against humanity in Truman Presidential Library. East, trials conducted in Soviet-controlled the western zones of Germany. Of these, For more information or to make a territory were swift and high in death only 800 were condemned to death reservation for this program, email sentences. There was less of an attempt and only 486 eventually executed. Most [email protected] or call at impartial justice or in learning about convicted war criminals were released by 816-268-8010. Requests for ADA the Nazi system and more focus on the mid-1950s. In later decades, German accommodations must be submitted punishing Germans for Soviet sufferings. courts would take up the project of justice, five business days prior to events. In the West, the British were eager to elongating the era of postwar justice into set the standard for war crimes trials, our own.

MCHE | Making Changes for Humanity through Education 9 CONTEST FINALISTS 2015-2016 White Rose Essay Contest 8th-9th Grade Division ANTI-JEWISH PROPAGANDA AND ITS IMPACT Gabrielle Abrams, Hyman Brand Propaganda is defined as the utilization In light of the extensive and effective Hebrew Academy of a message to sway opinion—be that in use of these methods before and during the Anagha Anantharaman, Lakewood the form of advertising a product or selling a Holocaust, contestants in the 2015-2016 Middle School political message. In 21st century America, White Rose Student Essay Contest are to Kelly Bushouse, Lakewood Middle School the word propaganda carries a connotation describe the goals and methods of Nazi Rachel Colligan, Park Hill South that makes us uneasy. We equate it with anti-Jewish propaganda from 1933-1945 High School manipulation for negative purposes. and explain how that propaganda impacted Lauren Dudley, Aubry Bend Middle School During the Nazi period, propaganda the life of one Jewish person or family. Guilherme Galhardo, Lakewood served a variety of purposes, from Complete contest information, Middle School electioneering to preparing the highly including theme, eligibility, required Emilee Hirsch, Harmony Middle School integrated German society to view their resources, criteria and entry forms Lauryn Massey, Aubry Bend Middle School own neighbors as inferior beings worthy can be found at mchekc.org/ Eliana Schuster, Hyman Brand of exclusion and, eventually, annihilation. WhiteRoseStudentEssayContest. Hebrew Academy Amanda Sokol, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy 2015 White Rose Winners 10th-12th Grade Division Honored at May Reception Natalie Boone, Lee’s Summit High School MCHE’s 20th annual White Rose Student Essay Contest commemorated the 70th Isabel Crain, Mill Valley High School anniversary of the liberation of the German concentration camps and the end of the war Danielle Foley, Lee’s Summit High School with the theme “Liberation 1945.” Madison Foster, North Kansas City High School One hundred eighty five students from 17 regional schools researched conditions at Chris Licata, Lee’s Summit High School liberation at Bergen-Belsen, Dachau or Buchenwald and explored the experience of one Bret Meier, Lee’s Summit High School Jewish person who was affected by those circumstances. Winners were announced at a Collin Nill, Rockhurst High School ceremony honoring student finalists, their teachers and families. Mitchell Roberts, Rockhurst High School Rachel Colligan of Park Hill South High School was the top prize winner in the 8-9th Andrew Scherer, Lone Jack High School grade division with her essay about liberation at Bergen-Belsen. Her sponsoring teacher Brooklyn White, North Kansas City was Alicia Walker. Collin Nill of Rockhurst High School won the 10-12th grade division High School with his essay about the liberation of Dachau. His sponsoring teacher was Christopher Elmore. In honor of Sponsoring Teachers the winning students’ Bailey Appleton, Lone Jack High School accomplishments, their Christopher Bobal, Lee’s Summit schools were awarded High School Holocaust resource Kristen Crosbie, Mill Valley High School collections on behalf Christopher Elmore, Rockhurst High School of MCHE’s White Rose Steve Epley, North Kansas City High School Membership Society. Jennifer Lehr, Aubry Bend Middle School Collin Nill (10-12th grade Carrie McClain, Aubry Bend Middle School winner), Essay Contest Erin Peavey, Lakewood Middle School Chairman, Raymond Doswell, and Rachel Colligan R. Gina Renee, Hyman Brand (8-9th grade winner). Hebrew Academy Michelle Sutton, Harmony Middle School 2015 BLUE RIBBON JUDGES Alicia Walker, Park Hill South High School Laura Ziegler Davis • Special Correspondent, KCUR FM Andrea Kempf • Professor/Librarian Emeritus, Johnson County Community College Winning essays can be read at Matthew Naylor • President and CEO, National World War I Museum http://mchekc.org/white-rose- Tim Rives • Deputy Director/Supervisory Archivist, Eisenhower Library and Museum student-essay-contest-finalists. Steve Sitton • Director, Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Historic Site

10 MCHE | 913-327-8190 | [email protected] | mchekc.org History of the Holocaust MCHE COURSE PREPARES EDUCATORS TO TEACH ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST “All of the sessions were Beginning with a discussion of pre-war Jewish life, the course provided a incredible. Everything we did chronological overview of the Holocaust, can be translated into my including exploration of the history of classroom.” antisemitism, the Nazi rise to power in Germany, the evolution and radicalization So remarked one of 23 educators of Nazi policy toward the Jews, responses representing public and private schools of Jews and non-Jews to the Holocaust, from Kansas, Missouri and Iowa who and the aftermath of the Holocaust. participated in MCHE’s summer course, In addition to learning through History of the Holocaust, which included lectures, the educators actively participated an Echoes and Reflections training. MCHE in the exploration of primary sources is an approved training center for Echoes through modeled classroom application. and Reflections, a collaborative project of The course featured survivor testimonies, Yad Vashem, the USC Shoah Foundation analysis of primary sources and curated and the Anti-Defamation League. video clips for classroom use. Teachers organize events for a timeline activity.

FOR EDUCATORS MCHE’s director of education, Jessica Rockhold, guides 1941: educators through a photo timeline A Seminar Series activity. Monthly January – May 2016 Details at mchekc.org/ seminar series

MCHE Participates in Truman Library Summer Institute MCHE was invited to present two educators were able to identify the differing workshops in the Truman Library’s priorities of each participant group and the Summer Institute for 50 educators significant difference in liberation by Soviet from 17 states. The topic of this year’s and American or British troops. institute, “1945,” commemorated the 70th For the second session, again through anniversary of the end of World War II the use of documents, educators gained in Europe and Japan and the end of an understanding of postwar priorities of the Holocaust. Jewish survivors, including the search for MCHE’s first session focused on their families, the desire for justice and the Jewish camp inmates hold an open air service to liberation of the camps and explored pressing need to emigrate from Europe. celebrate the Jewish Summer Festival of Thanksgiving. differences between what occurred in the Through close readings of primary The service was led by Rev Leslie H Hardman, Senior Jewish Chaplain to the British 2nd Army, and former East and West through the perspectives sources, educators expanded their content camp inmates, Rabbi H Helfgott of Jugoslovia of liberated Jews, ground troops and U.S. knowledge and acquired tools for classroom and Rabbi B Goldfinger of Poland. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, May 1945. Army command staff. By examining instruction that address Common Core Photo Credit: Imperial War Museums. © IWM (BU 6591) documents and through resulting discussion, Standards.

MCHE | Making Changes for Humanity through Education 11 MCHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE President PAID Joyce Hess Midwest Center for Holocaust Education KANSAS CITY, 5801 West 115th Street Suite 106 MISSOURI PERMIT NO. 910 Immediate Past President Overland Park, Kansas 66211-1800 Carol Sader

Vice Presidents Christopher Beal Cathy Blake Ron Slepitza, Ph.D. Karl Zobrist

Secretary Stephanie Herman

Treasurer Rich Hastings

Board of Directors Alice Jacks Achtenberg Robynn Andracsek • Jim Ash Donna Gould Cohen • Steve Cole Steve Flekier • Gail Gutovitz Lloyd Hellman • Cheryl Brown Henderson Barbra Porter Hill • Kerry Kuluva Rita Sudhalter • Donna Thalblum Visit mchekc.org Evy Tilzer • Chuck Udell for an online version of this newsletter. Council of Advocates Richard Berkley • Alvin Brooks Gail Cluen • Laura Ziegler Davis Katherine DeBruce • Raymond Doswell, Ed.D. Henry Epstein • Samantha Feinberg MCHE Nominating Procedures Reggie Fink • Anne Rosel French Although elections to MCHE’s Board of Directors are months away, the nominating Deb Gill • Brian Goodman • Bob Hill, D.D. committee, chaired by immediate past president Carol Sader, will begin its work in Lynn Hoover • Laurie Horn February. MCHE members should take note of the following election procedures, as stated Mamie Currie Hughes • Tom Isenberg in MCHE’s by-laws. Trudy Jacobson • Andrea Kempf • Each year by election at the annual meeting of the Membership, the Members may fill Mirra Klausner, Psy.D. • Kliff Kuehl the positions of those Directors and Advocates whose terms shall have expired as well as Adele Levi • Michael Liss • Alana Muller Ben Pabst • Sharon Epstein Pase any new positions on the Board of Directors. Brent Schondelmeyer • John A. Sharp • No fewer than 90 days before the annual meeting, members may submit in writing to David Sosland • Sarah Strnad the chair of the Nominating Committee names to be considered for the Board Marvin Szneler of Directors and/or the Council of Advocates by the Nominating Committee. No nominations may be made without the consent of the person nominated. Council of Presidents • The slate of Directors, as determined by the Nominating Committee, shall be included Mark Adams • Steve Chick* with the annual meeting invitation, to be mailed either electronically or by standard mail Arthur Federman • Karen M. Herman no fewer than 20 days prior to the annual meeting. William Kort • Gayle Krigel • Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting only from among those persons Colleen Ligibel • Blanche Sosland, Ph.D. nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors.

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