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Video conference with 100 students and Simone Liebster.
April 28
Video conference with 200 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
April 25
Video conference with 298 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
April 18
Video conference with 502 students, teachers parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
April 8
Video conference with 818 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
March 31
Video conference with students and Simone Liebster.
March 25
Video conference with 107 students, 8 teachers and staff, and Simone Liebster.
March 21
Video conference with 100 8th and 12th grade students, 15 faculty and staff members and Simone Liebster.
March 17
Video conference with 131 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
March 14
Video conference with 262 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
March 11
Video conference with 152 Hindi and Haitian Creole students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
March 7
Video conference with 185 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
February 28
Video conference with 200 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 25
Video conference with 166 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
February 21
Video conference with 136 Romanian students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
February 14
Video conference with 20 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 11
Interview with students and Simone Liebster.
January 27
Video conference with 164 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 27
Video conference with 164 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 23
Video conference with 158 Spanish students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 20
Video conference with 97 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 13
Video conference with high school students and Simone Liebster.
December 9
Video conference with 184 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 3
Video conference with 126 Haitian Creole students from Massachusetts and students from Canada, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
November 25
Video conference with 164 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
November 11
Video conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 28
Video conference with 500 students and Simone Liebster.
October 22
Video conference with 155 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
October 11
The NFB of Indiana State Convention was held virtually on October 8-10 with the theme “Stronger Together.” Simone Liebster was a guest speaker on October 9 with the theme “A Power That Gives Strength” in which she related the experiences of her family who faced Nazi persecution as Jehovah”s Witnesses.
October 9
Video conference with 192 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
October 1
Video conference with 117 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
September 21
Video conference with 155 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
September 6
Video conference with 151 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
August 30
Video conference with 170 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
August 27
Video conference with 123 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
August 24
Video conference with 150 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
August 20
Video conference with 119 Chinese students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
August 13
Video conference with 138 Spanish students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
August 6
Video conference with 202 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
July 30
Video conference with 129 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
July 27
Video conference with 145 students, parents, members of the community and Simone Liebster.
July 20
Video conference with 253 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
July 16
Video conference with 195 students, parents, members of the community and Simone Liebster.
July 13
Video conference with 168 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
July 9
Video conference with 68 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
July 5
Video conference with students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
July 1
Video conference with 138 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
June 25
Video conference with 129 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
June 18
Video conference with 96 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
June 4
Video conference with 208 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
May 28
Video conference with 133 6th grade students, teachers, and Simone Liebster.
May 25
Video conference with 242 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
May 24
Video conference with 104 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
May 17
Video conference with 134 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
May 10
Video conference with 136 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
May 4
Video conference with 70 5th grade students, teachers, and Simone Liebster.
April 29
Video conference with 152 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster, including 44 blind attendees from across the United States.
April 20
Video conference with 233 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
April 16
Video conference with 112 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
April 8
Video conference with 180 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
April 2
Video conference with 156 Serbo Croatian Bosnian and Roma students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
March 29
Video conference with 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 19
Video conference with 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 15
Video conference with English students and Simone Liebster.
March 12
Video conference with 175 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 24
Video conference with 223 Spanish students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
January 31
Video conference with 227 Sign Language students, English students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
January 24
Video conference with 211 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
January 18
Video conference with 142 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
January 8
Video conference with 169 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
January 1
Video conference with 227 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 25
Video conference with 174 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 18
Video conference with 195 English and Korean students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 12
Video conference with 92 Sign Language students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
December 5
Video conference with 130 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
November 27
Video conference with 167 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
November 20
Video conference with 72 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
November 13
Video conference with 80 students, parents, and members of the community, and Simone Liebster.
October 24
Video conference with 225 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
October 16
Video conference with 79 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
October 11
Video conference with 130 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
September 7
Video conference with 197 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
September 4
Video conference with 169 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
August 28
Video conference with foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from China, Senegal, Poland, Vietnam, and Japan.
July 31
Video conference with 177 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
July 24
Video conference with 144 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
July 9
Video conference with 40 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
July 3
Video conference with 121 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 29
Video conference with 112 students, parents, and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 22
Video conference with 24 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 20
Video conference with 30 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 6
Video conference with 40 5th grade students, parents, faculty and Simone Liebster.
May 19
Video conference with 43 11th grade students, parents, faculty and Simone Liebster.
May 14
Video conference with 60 8th grade students, parents, faculty and Simone Liebster.
May 12
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Deadly Medicine: Nazi, American, and North Carolina Eugenics
March 9
Skype conference with 200 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 9
Skype conference with 18 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 3
Skype conference with 90 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 28
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Historical and Contemporary Anti-Semitism
February 27
The Museum and Hodges University have partnered to present the 2020 Elliott Katz Lectures. “The Other Triangles: The Pink, the Purple and the Brown” lecture included a discussion of Jehovah’s Witnesses, designated by a purple triangle on their camp uniforms. In a recorded interview, Simone Arnold Liebster related the pressure she was put under to conform to Nazi laws, resulting in her arrest at the age of 12 and sentencing to a Nazi reeducation home.
February 20
Skype conference with 24 students and Simone Liebster.
February 17
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation’s exhibit booth presented the history of the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Handouts and classroom resources were provided for educators and students.
February 14-22
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Why Teach About the Holocaust in 2020?
January 31
Skype conference with 20 students and Simone Liebster.
December 28
Skype conference with 16 students and Simone Liebster.
December 24
Skype conference with 21 students and Simone Liebster.
November 7
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibition from October 30, 2019 through November 27, 2019.
October 30
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A program was held on October 30 at Seigle Auditorium in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire. A presentation by Greg and Sandra Milakovich, US representatives for the Arnold-Liebster Foundation, gave an overview of the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nazi Germany and concluded with an interview of Simone Arnold Liebster from her home in France via Skype.
October 30
The conference theme was “Setting the Standard” and held at Mesa Community College. Exhibitors Kristin and Mike Walter shared historical and educator resources about the experience of Jehovah’s Witnesses during the Nazi era.
October 26
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
October 25
Educators gathered in Orlando for the 61st annual conference. Exhibitor Carol Confehr provided historical information and educator resources about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation is on the Classroom Resource Links page of Florida Commissioner’s Task Force on Holocaust Education.
October 18-20
Skype conference with 189 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 15
Skype conference with 42 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
September 24
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
August 30
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
August 2
Skype conference with 16 foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from South Korea, China, Japan, and Ukraine.
July 30
The 2019 Symposium on “Education During and After the Holocaust” took place on the Appalachian State University campus. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed information and curriculum resources for educators about the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
July 24
Skype conference with students and Simone Liebster.
July 11
Skype conference with middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
June 8
Skype conference with 65 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 16
Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose is on exhibition from May 15 - August 1.
May 15
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Skype conference with 13 students and Simone Liebster.
May 10
Two Skype conferences with 120 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 6
Skype conference with 16 students and Simone Liebster.
May 3
Skype conference with 57 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 29
Skype conference with 300 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 26
Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 23
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of the Holocaust and the North Carolina Connection.
April 18
Skype conference with 150 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 12
The Arnold-Liebster contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: State of Deception: Propaganda in the Third Reich.
April 9
Skype conference with 16 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 8
A special event at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta marked the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Dr. Tharcisse Seminega, a Tutsi professor at the University of Rwanda in Butare, and his family narrowly escaped the machetes. Charles Rutaganira, who lived in the capital Kigali, was left for dead in a heap of corpses but survived. These survivors told their stories and reflected on the genocide and the urgent message it conveys for citizens of the world today. Courtesy of the program sponsor, the Arnold-Liebster Foundation, attendees received gift copies of Dr. Seminega’s newly published memoir “No Greater Love: How My Family Survived the Genocide in Rwanda.”
April 4
Skype conference with 150 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 4
Skype conference with 180 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 2
Skype conference with 28 students and Simone Liebster.
March 30
The conference was held at Corriher-Lipe Middle School. Simone Liebster spoke with 30 7th grade students.
March 27
Skype conference with 19 students and Simone Liebster.
March 25
Skype conference with 25 7th and 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 21
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Anti-Semitism.
March 18
Skype conference with 128 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 18
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed classroom resources for the Teacher Workshop: Oath and Opposition: Education Under the Third Reich.
March 15
Two Skype conferences with 150 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 15
Skype conference with 115 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 11
Skype conference with 90 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 8
Skype conference with 54 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 4
Skype conference with 25 9th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 1
Skype conference with middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
February 26
Skype conference with 80 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 22
The Arnold-Liebster Foundation’s exhibit booth presented the history of the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Handouts and classroom resources were provided for educators and students.
February 8-16
Illinois State University hosted the spring conference. A workshop by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers included first-person testimony by Simone Liebster, a child survivor of the Nazi era.
February 8
Skype conference with 12 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
January 28
Skype conference with 24 students and Simone Liebster.
January 19
Skype conference with 10 students and Simone Liebster.
January 15
Jehovah's Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibition from January 13, 2019 through April 15, 2019.
January 13
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