The Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial
HOLOCAUST TEACH-IN
In Commemoration of Kristallnacht
Never
again…
Or again and
again?
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Gratz College
3:00 – 6:00 pm
ACT
48 for PA teachers
NJ for NJ Teachers
CLE CLE for Attorneys
7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300 • www.gratz.edu
SESSION I:
Father Patrick Desbois
K EY NOT E
LECTU R E
The Holocaust by Bullets:
A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth
behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews
Father Patrick Desbois is a French priest who has
dedicated his life to researching the Holocaust,
fighting anti-Semitism, and furthering relations
between Catholics and Jews. His grandfather’s
experience as a World War II French prisoner held
in the Rawa Ruska labor camp motivated him to
research the story of the Jews, Roma and other
victims murdered in Eastern Europe. The result
was his award-winning book, The Holocaust by
Bullets, which explains how almost 1.5 million
Jews were murdered between 1941 and 1944
in the Ukraine by Nazi Einsatzgruppen, mobile
firing squads. Wearing the priest’s collar, Father
Desbois was uniquely qualified to gain the trust of
Ukrainian villagers who witnessed the destruction
of entire Jewish communities but would never
speak about it. Through his efforts, over 1300
execution sites have been discovered and over
3500 testimonies have been recorded.
Father Desbois is president of Yahad-In Unum and
also serves as director of the Episcopal Committee
for Catholic-Judeo Relations under the auspices of
the French Conference of Bishops.
Please check these links for more information on
Father Desbois, his book, The Holocaust by Bullets,
and his work as President of Yahad-In Unum.
Father Desbois will be introduced by Philip A.
Cunningham, Ph.D., Professor and Director of
the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations, Saint
Joseph’s University.
This is a community event open to the public.
Friends and colleagues from all affiliations
are welcome.
• The program is designed for adults. Content
may be difficult and emotional.
• All participants attend the keynote address
together in the auditorium.
• Participants attend one of several options
for Session II; please mark choices on the
registration form.
• Only the morning Echoes and Reflections
workshop is restricted as noted.
Echoes and Reflections Workshop for Teachers
11:00 am – 2:30 pm (3-hour workshop and lunch)
Randi Boyette, Associate Regional Director, Education
Anti-Defamation League
This is a training workshop for middle and high
school teachers on a multi-media Holocaust
resource to use in the classroom. FREE Echoes and
Reflections curricular materials will be provided to
those who attend the entire training. The resource
was developed by three world leaders in the field:
The Anti-Defamation League, the USC Shoah
Foundation, and Yad Vashem. Must be pre-registered.
ACT 48 credit available.
SCHEDULE
11:00 am Echoes and Reflections Workshop
for Teachers
2:30 pm Doors open for main program
Art exhibit in Kramer Gallery
Exhibit tables and book sales
3:00 pm rogram Begins: Welcome and
P
Keynote Address by Fr. Desbois
4:30 pm Break with light refreshments
4:45 pm Session II
6:00 pmTeachers and attorneys must
sign out and return paperwork
Ask about the Gratz College M.A. and Graduate
Certificate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Special tuition rates for full-time educators.
The Gratz College Holocaust Oral
History Archive has over 900 testimonies
available for research.
Contact Josey Fisher for an appointment,
[email protected]; 215-635-7300 x130.
• Attorneys must attend the designated CLE
session if registering for CLE credit.
For more information on the Tuzman Holocaust Teach-In or the Holocaust
and Genocide Studies program, contact Mindy Blechman,
[email protected] or 215-635-7300 x 154.
SESSION II:
SEMINARS
Please choose one to attend after the keynote lecture
1. A Survivor’s Story
Daniel Goldsmith, Survivor
Daniel Goldsmith was born in Antwerp, Belgium to an
orthodox Jewish family. He was 8 years old when the
German army invaded in May 1940. Danny was placed in
a convent and later a boy’s orphanage. The orphanage
was raided in May 1944, and Danny was arrested. On the
way to his third prison, Danny escaped. This is the story
of Danny’s survival and those who helped save him.
2. S
tatement on the Holocaust by Catholic
Bishops of France
Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D., Director of Jewish-Christian
Studies
A group of French Catholic bishops took it upon themselves in 1997 to write a forthright statement about the
role of the Church in the Holocaust. We will study this
statement and discuss its significance.
3. Holocaust Art
Lance Sussman, Ph.D., Senior Rabbi, Congregation
Keneseth Israel and Adjunct Professor
Art or, more precisely, visual culture, plays a major
role in our understanding of the Holocaust. In this
session, we will examine various aspects of the Visual
Culture of the Shoah from Nazi and Soviet propaganda
to the artistic work of victims and survivors to the
iconic photojounalism which shapes much of our
consciousness of the Holocaust.
4. After the Holocaust: Jewish Poland Today
Michael Steinlauf, Ph.D., Director of Holocaust
and Genocide Studies
Before the Holocaust, 3.3 million Jews lived in
Poland. Today the figure is about 1% of that number.
Yet Poland is experiencing something of a Jewish
renaissance, both among Polish Jews and among a
considerable portion of non-Jewish Poles. This lecture
will focus on these developments and their significance,
including impressions based on time spent in Poland
this summer.
5. T he Jewish Cardinal and Teaching the
Holocaust in the Modern Language Classroom
Barbara P. Barnett, MA, MS, filmmaker,
Holocaust educator and French teacher at the
Agnes Irwin School
Mme. Barnett will share her personal interview
with Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, the Jewish-born
archbishop of Paris whose mother was gassed at
Auschwitz. Using the film and other resources, Mme.
Barnett will demonstrate how language teachers can
incorporate interdisciplinary units on the Holocaust
into their curriculum.
6. N
ever Again? The Balkans Genocide of
the 1990s
Mike Dickerman, M.A., Adjunct Professor
Genocide in Europe did not end in 1945. The decade of
the 1990s in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo was
beset with genocide, mass killing, ethnic cleansing,
rape as a weapon of war, and the displacement of
millions of refugees. How do we unravel the horror
that involved multiple perpetrators and victims, three
major religions, and nationalism run amuck?
7. T ranscending Trauma: Exploring Mechanisms
of Survival and Resilience
Bea Hollander-Goldfein, Ph.D., LMFT, Director, and
Nancy Isserman Ph.D., Co-Director, Transcending
Trauma Project, Council for Relationships
The evolution of the fields of Holocaust and Trauma
Studies has been striking over the past 60 years. We
will present the current knowledge with insights from
our research and demonstrate how these findings
have relevance to others who have experienced
extreme trauma.
8. T he Farhud and the Nazi-Arab Alliance in the
Holocaust: International Law and Implications
Edwin Black
CLE credit available (1 substantive)
The Nazi-Arab alliance is one of the lesser known
aspects of Holocaust history. It produced what is
considered the most vicious and brutal murder
episode of the war (the Ustasha). It also propelled
a genocidal pogrom known as the great “Farhud”
against the Jews of Baghdad in 1941 by the pro-Nazi
government in Iraq. This session will review the roots
and dynamics of alliance between the Third Reich and
the Mufti-led international Arab and Islamic community
and explore its implications for international law.
Documents to be discussed include the Genocide
Convention of 1948, the Fourth Geneva Convention of
1949, and the 1951 Convention on Refugees.
9. S
hoah and Teshuvah (The Holocaust
and Repentance)
Philip A. Cunningham, Ph.D., Director, Institute for
Jewish-Catholic Relations, Saint Joseph’s University
After Kristallnacht in 1938, a few Christians struggled to
counteract Nazism’s racist appeal by insisting
antisemitism was unchristian. But they were stymied
by the pervasive assumption that Jews were destined to
suffer because of the crucifixion of Jesus. While efforts
were tragically unsuccessful during WW II, theological
breakthroughs were later achieved setting the stage for
a new relationship between Catholics and Jews in the
1960s and pursued by Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI,
and now Pope Francis. This interfaith odyssey will be
updated to the present moment in our session.
This program is made possible by the financial support of
the Arnold and Esther Tuzman Holocaust Education Fund.
Esther Tuzman
1921 – 2009
When Esther Knobel was
15, her mother urged her to
flee their village and save
her life. It was the last time
she would ever see her
family. Later, she was taken
in and hidden by a Polish
Catholic farmer. Esther had lost her will to live but
struggled to survive in order to keep a promise
to her mother. Sustained by her faith in God and
her unfathomable courage, Esther did keep her
promise and lived to share her story with her own
family. The Esther Tuzman Holocaust Education
fund was named after Esther’s death as a tribute
to her and to “never forgetting.”
Arnold Tuzman
1915 – 2013
Aharon Tuzman was born in
Zaklikow, Poland. When the
Nazis invaded, his mother
also told him to flee and
save his life. He and his
brother, Maier, crossed
the Polish-Russian border
buried in a hay wagon, barely eluding Nazi border
guards wielding pitchforks. Eventually, Arnold
and Maier were sent to a Siberian labor camp
as prisoners. When a call came for able-bodied
men to serve in the Polish-Russian army, Arnold
volunteered and rose to the rank of Chief
Quartermaster. Still in uniform after V-day, Arnold
gave a ride to a beautiful young woman named
Esther. The Tuzman family has proudly renamed
the fund, The Arnold and Esther Tuzman Holocaust
Education Fund.
Gratz College wishes to thank the co-sponsors of the Holocaust Teach-In
3G Philadelphia
Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust
and the Churches
Anti-Defamation League
Champions of Caring
Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Association
Consortium of Holocaust Educators of
Greater Philadelphia
Council for Relationships
Fegelson-Young-Feinberg Post 697 Jewish War
Veterans of the U.S.A
HIAS Pennsylvania
Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center
Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations of Saint
Joseph’s University
ACT
48
CLE
Up to 6 ACT 48 activity hours available
for PA teachers, including Echoes and
Reflections session. Please apply only if
this topic is applicable to your teaching
certification. Signing in and out with your
PPID No. is required to receive credit.
1 substantive CLE credit available;
designated session only.
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Jewish
Community Relations Council
Jewish Learning Venture
JSPAN: Jewish Social Policy Action Network
Kindertransport Association (KTA)
New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education
Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council
Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Sons and Daughters of Holocaust Survivors
The Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust,
Genocide and Human Rights
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual
History and Education
NJ
I n cooperation with the NJ Commission
on Holocaust Education, this program
may be applied to NJ teacher professional
development hours if aligned with your
Individual Professional Development Plan.
It is advised that teachers always get
prior approval from a supervisor before
registration
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