Columbus, Ohio – USA
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
November 24
Arizona Council for the Social Studies Falls Conference – Phoenix, Arizona – USA
Educators gathered at Grand Canyon University for the conference. Speakers and exhibits highlighted the theme of “Common Core: Staking a Claim in the 21st Century.” Exhibitor Renee Ochsner provided information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and curriculum materials on the Arnold-Liebster Foundation website. Arizona Council for the Social Studies includes the Arnold-Liebster Foundation on its Websites of A.C.S.S. Affiliated Organizations & Classroom Resources for teachers and social studies specialists.
November 2
Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 120 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 22
Holocaust: Contrasting Choices/Contrasting Consequences – Then and Now, Illinois – USA
The Illinois Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference was held at Harper College in Palatine. A teacher workshop by Gaye Flowers presented an in-depth look at Simone Liebster and curriculum resources on the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
October 11
Holocaust Institute 2013, Davenport, Iowa – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation’s exhibit table at the 11th Institute for Holocaust Education provided general information and curriculum resources for educators, students and community members in attendance from Iowa and Illinois.
October 3
New World Educational Center, Phoenix, Arizona – USA
Skype conference with 11th and 12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
September 27
Charlotte, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with a group of Spanish students and Simone Liebster.
August 10
Richmond, Virginia – USA
Skype conference with a group of Spanish students and Simone Liebster.
August 3
Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with Simone Liebster and 10th grade students from Brazil, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Russia
July 31
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina – USA
12th Annual Martin & Doris Rosen Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust: A Summer Symposium for Educators and the Community. Contributed to the Institute by providing curriculum resources and online teacher packets. Diana Zientek presented information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
July 13-18
Nova Southeastern University’s Shepherd Broad Law Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida – USA
Education Law’s 2013 Summer Residential Institute included a lecture by Denise Baker. Featured was an interview of Simone Liebster via Skype.
July 7
The Unveiling of a Monument in Reichenbach/Lautertal, Odenwald, Germany
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.
June 21, 2013
>> Gallery
Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Hollywood, Florida – USA
Teacher Institute on Holocaust Education
Contributed to the Institute by providing online teacher packets and curriculum materials.
June 10-14
>> Educator Comment (July 12, 2010)
Eyewitness to the Holocaust Teacher Workshop, Montgomery, Alabama – USA
This workshop was part of the 2013 Professional Learning Summer Workshops held by Alabama State University and conducted by Leonita Nelson, Consultant with Montgomery Public Schools. Teachers participated in an interactive video conference with Simone Liebster from France using Skype. Simone’s refreshing message encourages students to stand up for what they believe and to resist peer pressure.
June 6
Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA
Two Skype conferences with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 21
Carbondale Middle School, Carbondale, Colorado – USA
Two Skype conferences with 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 7
Northridge Middle School, Middlebury, Indiana – USA
Two Skype conferences with 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 6
Lakewood Middle School, Salina, Kansas – USA
Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 30
Acworth, Georgia – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 27
Carbondale Middle School, Carbondale, Colorado – USA
Two Skype conferences with 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 26
The Holocaust Teacher Workshop, East Peoria,
Illinois – USA
Quincy University is a partner with the Library of Congress for the national program of Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources. This program is designed to help educators access and implement into their curriculum primary source items. Marge Fulton presented online primary sources related to the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
April 20
Southwood Junior-Senior High School, Wabash, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 9th and 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 17
Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 16
>> Article from Times-Union, April 17, 2013
>> Article from Stacey Page Online, April 17, 2013
Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von YouTube.
Mehr erfahren
Holocaust: Contrasting Choices/Contrasting Consequences — Then and Now, Illinois – USA
Middle and high school teachers attended this workshop presented by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers at the Illinois Council for the Social Studies Spring Conference. The event was held at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. A Skype interview with Simone Liebster was a highlight of the workshop and an exhibit table featured curriculum materials.
April 12
Regional Safe Schools Program, Washburn, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
April 4
Memphis, Tennessee – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
March 16
Mountain Sky Junior High School, Phoenix,
Arizona – USA
Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 8
Richmond, Virginia – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
March 2
Seminole, Florida – USA
Skype conference with a group of middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
February 23
The Oral History Archive, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, Virginia – USA
The Oral History Archive is housed in the Carole Weinstein Holocaust Research Library and contains over 230 digitized testimonies from people who witnessed genocide firsthand. The Virginia Holocaust Museum started collecting this testimony in 1997. The Oral History Archive now includes the testimony of Simone Arnold Liebster.
February 19
Celebrating Leaders: Past, Present And Future, Bloomington, Illinois – USA
A History Symposium was held for grades 6-12 teachers and student teachers at McLean County Museum of History. Joint sponsors were Illinois State University History Department, McLean County Museum of History, and Regional Office of Education #17. Exhibitor Marge Fulton provided information about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and curriculum materials available on the Arnold-Liebster Foundation website.
February 1
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibit from November 9, 2012 through April 21, 2013
Schenectady, New York – USA
Skype conference with a group of homeschooled students and Simone Liebster.
January 21
A.C. Reynolds Middle School, Asheville, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
January 16
