While COVID-19 may have prevented travel to historical sites around the world, the virtual space has opened up to give viewers an alternative and unique perspective. November 9 – 10, 2021 marks the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass and we invite you to join Jerzy Wójcik, a guide at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum for over 14 years, who has created an innovative and immersive virtual program that is not just a guided tour, but a narrated history. The online experience includes visiting the place as it is today and as it was 80 years ago. The combination of drone recordings, 3D applications, historical pictures and footage creates an extraordinary learning experience.
This webinar is presented in partnership with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre of Holocaust Studies.
Zoom Webinar Presentation
Presenter: Jerzy Wójcik
Audience: 9 – 12
RESOURCES:
Picture Books (appropriate for grades 5-8):
Fania’s Heart by Anne Renaud
The Magician of Auschwitz by Kathy Kacer
The Harmonica by Tony Johnston
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
Jars of Hope: how One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust by Jennifer Roy
The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse
Erika’s Story by Ruth Vander Zee
Young Readers (appropriate for grades 5-8):
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Marion Blumenthal Lazan
I Am a Star by Inge Auerbacher
Kathy Kacer Holocaust novels (https://www.kathykacer.com)
Graphic Novels:
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Anne Frank and David Polonsky
Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier & Greg Salsedo
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Novels/Memoirs:
By Chance Alone by Max Eisen
Night by Elie Wiesel
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke as told to Jennifer Armstrong
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Irena’s Children by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Diary of Anne Frank
Canadian Holocaust Organizations:
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Montreal Holocaust Museum
https://museeholocauste.ca/en/
Azrieli Foundation
https://azrielifoundation.org/our-priorities/holocaust-education-and-legacy/
Canadian Society for Yad Vashem
Sarah & Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
https://www.holocaustcentre.com
Facing History and Ourselves
International Holocaust Organizations:
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museums
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yad Vashem
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
https://www.holocaustremembrance.com
USC Shoah Foundation
https://sfi.usc.edu/ – Testimonies by holocaust survivors
Personal Reading for Educators:
By Chance Alone by Max Eisen
Night by Elie Wiesel
999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I was Doctor Mengele’s Assistant by Miklos Nyiszli – Recommended by Jerzy
Film recommended by Jerzy
A Hidden Life (2019) by Terrence Malick