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Virginia Holocaust Museum July 2010 Newsletter (Excerpt)

Distance learning with Simone Liebster, french holocaust survivor On April 2nd a group of middle school students, teachers and chaperons from Manchester Middle School came together in the second floor Teacher Education Institute classroom and interviewed a Jehovah’s Witness survivor living in France. Using Skype, a web cam program and

Greg and Sandra Milakovich and Bethany Fleming in front of the artifacts exhibit.
Greg and Sandra Milakovich and Bethany Fleming in front of the artifacts exhibit.

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center – USA (Artifacts Exhibit)

Artifacts Exhibit on loan courtesy of Simone Liebster and the Arnold-Liebster Foundation >>> Download Visitor Information <<< The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center opened a new 65,000 square foot facility on April 19, 2009 in Skokie, Illinois. Located on the main floor is the Zev and Shifra Karkomi Permanent

Leesburg Elementary School sixth-grader Mason Reber (L, blue shirt) asks Holocaust survivor Simone Liebster, France, a question on Skype Tuesday morning

Article from Times-Union April 17, 2013

Students ‘Meet’ Holocaust Survivor By Tim Ashley PostedWith Permission of The Mail Journal Skype brought all the Leesburg Elementary sixth-graders together with a Holocaust survivor from France Tuesday morning. Simone Arnold Liebster was born in August 1930 in a small Alsatian village. She and her parents became Jehovah’s Witnesses. Because

Article from The West Bend NewsFebruary 18, 2015

Holocaust Expert Visits Antwerp FreshmenPosted With Permission of The West Bend News Kristi Keller, a Holocaust Resource Consultant, recently visited Mr. Miesle’s freshmen world history classes to share information about victims of the Holocaust, especially Jehovah’s Witnesses. Most students are aware of the sufferings of Jewish victims but do not

Jarrod Peace, an eighth-grader at Wawasee Middle School, was one of several students to ask questions to Holocaust-era survivor Simone Liebster during a Skype conference Tuesday morning

Article from The Mail Journal, October 23, 2012

WMS Students Skype About Holocaust By Tim AshleyPosted With Permission of The Mail Journal Eighth grade language arts students of Wawasee Middle School studying the Holocaust heard a different perspective concerning one of history’s darkest eras. Many familiar with the Holocaust are aware the Nazis targeted the Jewish, anyone not

Article from The Daily Ledger, March 30, 2015

Ingersoll students learn about Holocaust from survivorPosted With Permission of The Daily Ledger Fifth graders at Ingersoll Middle School learned about groups targeted by the Nazi party during World War ll last Friday and spoke to a Jehovah’s Witness Holocaust survivor. Marge Fulton, volunteer at Arnold Liebster Foundation, led a presentation on the

Article from The Crescent-News, February 19, 2015

Holocaust LessonPosted With Permission of The Crescent-News Kristi Keller, a Holocaust resource consultant, visited Antwerp High School’s freshmen world history classes to share information about victims of the Holocaust, including Jehovah’s Witnesses. Keller also introduced students to the stories of Max Liebster and Simone Arnold Liebster, a husband and wife

Article from The Aspen Times, April 21, 2014

Basalt students chat online with Holocaust survivorBy Michael McLaughlinPosted With Permission of The Aspen Times For years, students all over the world have learned about the Holocaust. Whether it was from history books or autobiographical accounts, such as “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank, the words and

Leesburg Elementary School sixth-grader Mason Reber (L, blue shirt) asks Holocaust survivor Simone Liebster, France, a question on Skype Tuesday morning

Article from Stacey Page Online April 17, 2013

Leesburg Students Speak With Holocaust Survivor By Alyssa RichardsonPosted With Permission of Stacey Page Online On Tuesday, sixth grade students at Leesburg Elementary School gathered to talk face to face with a Holocaust survivor from France. Simone Arnold Liebster, a Jehovah’s Witness who faced persecution during the Holocaust, was able