Garfield, New Jersey and Morris, New York – USA
Skype conference with Spanish and Chinese students and Simone Liebster.
December 31
Tucson, Arizona – USA
Skype conference with Simone Liebster and 18 students and members of the community.
November 12
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Charlotte, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Propaganda in the Third Reich.
November 8
5th International Conference on Genocide, California State University, Sacramento, California – USA
The theme of the conference was “Forms of Genocide Across the Globe: Challenges, Responses and Accountability.” Dr. Tharcisse Seminega presented his family’s experiences during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. While a professor at National University of Rwanda in Butare, he, his wife and 5 children were marked for slaughter. He announced the Spring 2019 release of his book “No Greater Love: A Family Bears Witness to the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.”
November 1-3
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Charlotte, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Oath and Opposition: Education Under the Third Reich.
October 29
Highland High School, Highland, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 29 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 26
Robert H. Jackson Center, Jamestown, New York – USA
The Robert H. Jackson Center hosted a two-day event “Canaries in the Coal Mine of Human Rights: Seventy-Five Years After West Virginia v. Barnette” commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943). Simone Liebster was interviewed by Skype about her experiences as a survivor of Nazi persecution.
October 17
Walland, Tennessee – USA
Skype conference with 18 students and members of the community.
October 6
Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 200 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
September 19
Silver Spring, Maryland – USA
Skype conference with 19 Korean students and Simone Liebster.
September 8
Arizona Council for History Education Conference, Tempe, Arizona – USA
The conference theme was “Uncovering History: Reasoning and Inquiry in History Education.” Kristin Dickman Walter and Renee Ochsner’s session “Standing Out and Standing Up in Nazi Europe” featured an interview with Simone Liebster. An exhibit table provided classroom resources.
August 25
BrightView Senior Living, Randolph, New Jersey – USA
Skype conference with 31 residents and members of the book club and Simone Liebster.
August 9
Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from Russia, Ukraine, South Korea, China, Thailand, Taiwan, and Morocco.
August 8
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina – USA
The 2018 Symposium on “Holocaust and Music” took place on the Appalachian State University campus. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed information for educators about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah?s Witnesses, including music composed and sung by Jehovah‘s Witnesses in the concentration camps.
July 21-26
Louisville, Kentucky – USA
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
July 19
Angola, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 35 students and members of the community.
June 25
Duane Lake Academy, Pawling, New York – USA
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
June 18
Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA
Skype conference with 130 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 30
Westview Elementary School, Topeka, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 199 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 24
Beveridge Magnet School, Omaha, Nebraska – USA
Skype conference with 80 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 11
West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 100 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 9
West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 100 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 7
Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA
Two Skype conferences with 140 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 4
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Weldon, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the Teacher Workshop: Propaganda.
April 20
Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 130 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 18
Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 130 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 16
Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 13
Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona – USA
The 6th Genocide Awareness Week was held on April 9-14. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation’s presentation “Who Am I? Faith Under Fire” by Renee Ochsner and Kristin Dickman Walter featured a Skype interview with Holocaust-era survivor Simone Liebster in France. 121 attendees visited an exhibit table and viewed the traveling exhibit Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose which is on display in the Student Center through April 30.
April 11
Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona – USA
Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose is on exhibition from April 1-30.
Rock Falls High School, Rock Falls, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 80 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 16
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Jacksonville, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the Teacher Workshop: History of the Holocaust.
March 15
Corriher-Lipe Middle School, Landis, North Carolina – USA
Simone Liebster spoke with 29 7th-grade students at the 2nd Annual Rowan Salisbury Holocaust and World War II Humanities Conference.
March 8
Union Intermediate School, Clinton, North Carolina – USA
Skype conference with 45 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 5
Natrona Virtual School, Casper, Wyoming – USA
Skype conference with 25 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 21
Lakeland High School, LaGrange, Indiana – USA
Skype conference with 77 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 16
Martin County Fair, Stuart, Florida – USA
Designed for educators and students, the Arnold-Liebster Foundation’s exhibit booth presented the history of the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Handouts and classroom resources were provided.
February 9-17
Annawan High School, Annawan, Illinois – USA
Skype conference with 26 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 14
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Statesville, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: Propaganda.
February 13
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Goldsboro, North Carolina – USA
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.
February 6
Seminole, Florida – USA
Skype Conference with students and Simone Liebster.
January 27
Beyond Camps and Forced Labour 2018 – United Kingdom
Panel 22: The Nazis And The Purple Triangles panel presented (1) The Schoolgirl, The Nazis and the Purple Triangles and (2) Standing Out, Standing Up
January 11
