Holocaust Surviver, Sara Moses, Speaks to U City Students

April 8 was Holocaust Remembrance Day. That seems to be lost on some in other parts of the country. A mom in Michigan thinks The Diary of Anne Frank is too “pornographic” for middle school reading. While in Albany, New York a teacher is being disciplined for assigning a Nazi propaganda essay on why Jews were evil.

Reading stories like these in the news make me glad to live in U City where diversity and knowledge are celebrated. 

Instead of controversy, our students heard a remarkable, first-hand account of the holocaust from Sara Moses, one of the youngest children to survive a Jewish ghetto in Poland and two Nazi concentration camps. Ms. Moses barely survived the concentration camp and was eventually reunited with her father and they immigrated to St. Louis.

On April 12, Moses shared her story with classes at the middle and high schools.

My seventh grader was privileged to hear Ms. Moses speak. In his words, it was “life-changing” to hear her story. Until meeting Ms. Moses he had only read about the holocaust in books. Hearing her speak brought history to life and have him greater empathy for those that suffered like Ms. Moses. He also said it gave him a better understanding of the cruelty that took place and emphasized the importance of being kind to people.

How fortunate our students are to have such rich experiences as part of their academic studies.

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