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"October 7th Exposed A Gap In Holocaust Education That We Must Fix"

For decades, Holocaust education in the U.S. has typically treated antisemitism as a sealed chapter beginning in 1933 with the rise of Hitler and ending in 1945 with the defeat of Nazi Germany. The lessons of this dark period have been taught as universal truths: Be kind. Show empathy. Stand up for others. We have Holocaust museums and state mandates for Holocaust education, eighth-grade units on The Diary of Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel’s Night. “Never Again” became a slogan for defending the vulnerable from humanity’s worst impulses.

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Guiding Living Links into its next chapter of national growth and impact.

Introducing: Incoming CEO - Bari Rogoff

What drew you to Living Links and this moment in Holocaust memory work?

The urgency is real. The survivor generation is fading while antisemitism is surging. When I took the Living Links’ Speaker Training, I recognized its brilliance. Putting descendants at the center brings a level of humanity that this moment demands. It allows us to carry forward testimony with personal power and connect with students in ways that textbooks simply can’t

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In Loving Memory of My Great-Aunt Masha.

By Alison Berg

Masha was a survivor of Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen, where she and her sister, Anna, performed slave labor on an assembly line for a Nazi airplane factory. They were on a death march together, but liberated by the Russians. Masha eventually moved to the US joining her sister.

Masha was not hesitant or ashamed to call herself a survivor. She did so with defiance. She would mention it in the context of being able to conquer any other hardship she could face in her new life.

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Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors Bring Lessons of the Shoah to NJ Classrooms - The Jewish Link

By Debra Rubin

“I thank you for changing my perspective,” wrote the student. “I will always remember your grandpa’s story and will take it to heart.” Another student wrote they would often join in making jokes about Jews and people who aren’t white because they thought it “OK” since the student was also Jewish and was “obviously joking.”

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