HOLOCAUST
PROJECT — Lauren Pomeroy shows classmates
at St. Mary School in Hales Corners a collection
of photographs taken by her mother on a recent trip
to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. Pomeroy’s
presentation was part of an educational program
offered last year to eighth graders called the “Holocaust
Materials Trunk.” (Catholic Herald photo by
Sam Lucero)
HALES CORNERS — Students
are growing up in a more diverse world than ever before,
and Catholic teachers are embracing opportunities to share
programs with their classes on different religions, cultures,
ethnic groups and their histories. From Muslim speakers
to visits to the Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee educators
opened the world to their classes this past school year.
One educational program is called the “Holocaust
Materials Trunk.”
Several suitcases full of videos, books, posters and maps
showed eighth graders at St. Mary School, Hales Corners
how the Holocaust affected Jewish people, on a personal
level.
Put together by the Holocaust Education and Resource Center,
Milwaukee and sponsored by the group’s umbrella
organization, the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the displays
share history with area students.
St. Mary Elementary School was one of the first schools
to acquire the trunks for several weeks during the school
year.
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