Another miracle Sighet survivor

Holocaust Survivor Alice Kern Shares Inspirational Story With Rogue River Students

Rogue River, Oregon — How does anyone explain the Holocaust and the death of six million innocent people to children who have never known a life without at least the basic comforts? At Rogue River Middle School recently, Holocaust survivor Alice Kern gave a voice to the past for a gymnasium full of elementary and middle schools students. For a full hour they listened silently to Kern’s story. When one student asked how Kern had managed to escape the gas chambers three times, she said, “Miracles. I believe in miracles.”

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Good thing he’s not a revisionist!

SSC professor aims to debunk myths about Holocaust in book

PEABODY — Salem State College History Professor Christopher Mauriello had a warning for those attending the Holocaust Center Boston North’s annual Holocaust commemoration ceremony Sunday afternoon, especially the 14 local survivors of the persecution and murder of 6 million Jews that occurred from 1933-1945, which he called “one of the most important moments in history.”

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Revisionism equals outright denial

Holocaust History: A Lesson In Denial

History teacher Patrick Richardson will introduce his lesson on Holocaust denial by issuing students a press release from the future that declares Sept. 11, 2001, never happened.

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Source: JESSE LEAVENWORTH, Courant Staff Writer, ctnow.com/news/local/hc-5holo0412.artapr12,0,3974702.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

Yet another witness

Survivor is more than a number

  • Dario Gabbai, who was interned at Auschwitz, shares painful memories with Chaffey class.

“182568.”

The teary-eyed man recited the number quickly and without looking, dejectedly revealing to a startled Chaffey College class last Friday why it’s tattooed on his left arm.

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