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School Events 2007

School District of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida – USA Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose”September – December>> Educator comment Teachers’ Institute on Holocaust Studies, Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Rock Island, Illinois – USA Exhibit “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose”October

School Events 2010

Pekin, Illinois – USA Skype conference with middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.December 13 Cherryville High School, Cherryville, North Carolina – USA Skype conference with 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.December 6>> Article from the Cherryville Eagle, December 8, 2010Photo San Antonio, Texas – USA Skype conference with

Marge Fulton, volunteer at the Arnold Liebster Foundation, tells fifth graders at Ingersoll Middle School about the Holocaust and Nazi party before chatting with a Holocaust survivor

School Events 2006

Iowa Council for Social Studies Annual Conference Exhibit “Jehovah’s Witnesses – Faith Under Fire”October 16 – 17 Illinois Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Lisle, Illinois – USA Exhibit “Jehovah’s Witnesses – Faith Under Fire”September 29 – 30 West Hartford, Connecticut – USA Skype conference with middle and high school

Marge Fulton, volunteer at the Arnold Liebster Foundation, tells fifth graders at Ingersoll Middle School about the Holocaust and Nazi party before chatting with a Holocaust survivor

School Events 2009

A.C. Reynolds Middle School, Asheville, North Carolina – USA Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.November 30>> See WLOS-TV clip on Interactive video conferences page Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa – USA Fall Holocaust CourseGuest presentation by Greg and Sandra MilakovichContributed to the course by providing student packets November

Unveiling of a Memorial in Reichenbach

This memorial to Max Liebster, honorary citizen of Reichenbach, should remind us of all who have suffered unjustly under the National Socialist regime, and stimulate us to think about our own values and goals. Memorial to Max Liebster in Reichenbach

School Events 2010

Curriculum Integration of Technology Workshop, Alabama – USA The workshop highlighted ways teachers can use technology to enrich, enhance, teach, or reinforce lessons. A focal point of the workshop was a live Skype interview with Simone Arnold Liebster from France. Workshop presenter, Leonita Nelson, 5th grade teacher with Montgomery Public

Article from the North Scott Press, December 7, 2011

A Holocaust reminder North Scott Press (Eldridge, Iowa)Used with Permission Walcott Students (l-r) Mary Baril, Lexie Griffin and Maddie Jones, shown with teacher-librarian Terri Toppler, study a recent Holocaust exhibit in the school library. “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose” is a collection of 13 panels telling the

Prior to the Napoleon Middle Schools eighth graders Skyping with Simone Arnold Liebster, who is a Holocaust survivor, Kristi and Bill Keller (pictured) spoke to the students about why the Jehovah’s Witnesses were targeted by the Nazis. (Photo by JEN LAZENBY)

Article from the Northwest Signal Newspaper, February 8, 2011

NMS students speak to Holocaust survivor By JEN LAZENBYNWS Staff WriterCourtesy of the Northwest Signal Technology can open a lot of doors, and students at Napoleon Middle School utilized Skype to meet and talk to a survivor of the Holocaust who lives in France. In the John L. Johnson Auditorium

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Article from the Cherryville Eagle, December 8, 2010

Making history come alive is Bachmeier’s goal by MICHAEL E. POWELL, EditorThe Cherryville (NC) EagleUsed with permission Cherryville High School history teacher Susan Bachmeier likes to make things real for her students. She wants them to experience as much of history as she can up close and personal. To that end she