Having students grasp the full meaning of the Holocaust is the most difficult aspect of teaching this period of mankind's darkest hour. That's the purpose behind a moving display of museum-quality artifacts, reproductions and original photographs available for public viewing for the first time at the Sigal Museum throughout the month of September.
An opening reception will be held Sunday, September 8, from 12 to 4 p.m. and will feature Holocaust-related programming:
- 12:30 p.m. Special of viewing of "Nuremburg:
Tyranny on Trial" - 1:15 p.m. Welcome remarks
- 1:30 p.m. Presentation by Dachau liberator Donald Burdick
- 2:45 p.m. "Meet a Survivor" panel discussion
The reception is free and open to the public.
This one-of-a-kind exhibit, a production of the Holocaust Resource Center of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, is used as a teaching tool for teens. It is loaned to schools free of charge to supplement their World War II curriculum.
The Legacy Exhibit features:
- A chronological history of the Holocaust
- Authentic American and Nazi uniforms
- Photographs of the Dachau concentration camp taken by the first GIs to enter the camp
- Vintage radio broadcasts
- Reproductions of artwork and samples of poems providing a view of the Holocaust through the eyes of children
- A newly expanded Kristallnacht presentation
To learn more, visit www.jewishlehighvalley.org/legacy.aspx.