NPR – Eric Westervelt
“Writer and philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote that, with the German genocide of European Jews, human history “has known no story more difficult to tell.” And there may be no topic more difficult to teach. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau. And the question of the most effective way to educate the next generation about the Holocaust has grown more acute as there are fewer and fewer living survivors. When they die, they take with them stories only they can tell. One nonprofit institute, Centropa, is taking a unique teaching approach. Working across international borders, the group is helping teachers collaborate on unleashing the pedagogic power of personal family stories.”(more)