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>>CORLEY PEEL: AND ONE RECENT
SURVEY OF ADULTS UNDER 40 63%
DID NOT KNOW THAT 6 MILLION
JEWS WERE MURDERED DURING THE
HOLOCAUST. IN FACT, MORE THAN
ONE IN 10 OF THOSE SURVEYED
DIDN’T KNOW THE WORD HOLOCAUST
AT ALL. AND THIS IS MANY CALL
FOR AN INCREASE IN EDUCATION
SURROUNDING THIS DEEPLY TRAGIC
TIME IN HISTORY. LOCAL
NONPROFIT JEWISH FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES IS WORKING
TO DO JUST THAT THROUGH ITS
NEW HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
PROGRAM. HILLARY BATMAN, THE
ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTOR OF
JEWISH SERVICES IS JOINING US
NOW. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>CORLEY PEEL: CAN YOU TELL US
WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS DECLINE
IN THE PUBLIC’S KNOWLEDGE OF
THE HOLOCAUST?
>> WELL, I REALLY THINK THAT
AS TIME GOES ON AND PEOPLE ARE
MORE REMOVED FROM THE SUBJECT.
THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE NEED
TO BE TOLD AND WE NEED TO BE
REMINDED EACH AND THE JEWISH
FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE
REALLY THRILLED THROUGH A
GENEROUS GIFT FROM THE
THEODORE AND PAULINE CO THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE AN
EDUCATOR TO TELL ME STORIES TO
PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH
RESOURCES AND EDUCATION SO
THAT THEY CAN TEACH THE
HOLOCAUST SO THAT WE CAN NEVER
FORGET WHAT HAPPENED.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND HOW CAN WE
WORK TO KEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE
HOLOCAUST ALIVE?
>> SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS
THAT WE CAN EDUCATE STUDENTS,
FAMILIES PROVIDE SUPPORT TO
EDUCATORS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.
SO JEWISH FAMILY, COMMUNITY
SERVICES, WE HAVE AN EDUCATOR
WHO CAN PROVIDE TRAINING AND
RESOURCES TO TEACHERS. ONE OF
THEM BEING TEACHER TRUCKS AND
FROM GRADES, KINDERGARTEN ALL
THE WAY UP TO GREET. THEY’RE
THE STRIKES THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE TO TEACHERS AND OTHER
EDUCATORS AND PARENTS WHERE
YOU CAN TEACH AGAIN THE HOME
ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST. AND IT’S
TAUGHT ON RAVE ABOUT. WE ALSO
HAVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS AND
PARENTS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE
WORKSHOPS. SO ABOUT ALL THE
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE
HOLOCAUST? AND THEN ONE THING
THAT WE CAN ADD TO THAT IS
THAT WE HAVE A HOLOCAUST
SPEAKERS BUREAU THAT’S MADE
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND SECOND
GENERATION. SO ITS ADULT
CHILDREN HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.
AND THEY’RE ABLE TO TELL THE
STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO
THEIR FAMILY. AND IT’S OH, AND
IT’S A GOOD TIE INTO THE
EDUCATION OF THE TEACHERS CAN
PROVIDE IN THE CLASSROOM SO
THAT THEY CAN HEAR THE REAL
LIFE STORIES AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED TO FAMILIES DURING
THE WAR. WE ALSO HAVE THE
FIRST FAMILY HOLOCAUST
MEMORIAL GALLERY WHERE THERE’S
VARIOUS ART OUR EXHIBITS
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE’VE
HAD, WE’VE SPOTLIGHTED LOCAL
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. WE’VE
DONE RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, WHICH
ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AND WHO
RISK THEIR LIVES TO HELP TO
THESE PEOPLE IN THE WAR. WE
ALSO HAVE RIGHT NOW WOMEN IN
THE HOLOCAUST AND IT AND IT
SPOTLIGHTS THE VARIOUS ROLES
THAT WOMEN PLAY AS MOTHER HAS
EDUCATOR HAS WIFE TEACHER. AND
SO PEOPLE CAN LEARN ALL THE
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WAR.
SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO BRING THIS TO PEOPLE
SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND
ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST. THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE
PERSECUTION OF 6 MILLION JEWS
THAT DIED. AND SO WE JUST KIND
OF INVITE THE PUBLIC FAMILY
COMMUNITY SERVICES TO COME TO
THE GALLERY, TO COME TO THAT
SHARK OR INTOLERANCE EDUCATION
CENTER AND TO ALL THE VARIOUS
ASPECTS OF THE WAR. ALL RIGHT.
THAT’S A LOT OF
>>CORLEY PEEL: WONDERFUL
RESOURCES THAT YOU JUST
MENTIONED. TELLS BIT MORE
ABOUT THE NEW HOLOCAUST
EDUCATION PROGRAM AND JUST WHY
IT’S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
TO ALWAYS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> SO WITH THE NEW PROGRAM, WE
HAVE A FULL-TIME EDUCATOR THAT
WORKS WE PARTNER WITH THE
FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
MUSEUM AND IT’S THE IDEA OF
NEVER FORGET. WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED
BEFORE THE WAR DURING THE
HOLOCAUST. AND AFTER THE
HEALTH COSTS. SO THE IDEA THAT
WE CAN NEVER LET THIS SUCH
ATROCITY HAPPEN AGAIN, WE HAVE
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED. WHAT LED UP TO THE
HOLOCAUST AND HOW THE JEWISH
PEOPLE HAD TO PREPARE
THEMSELVES. HOW HOW WE FIT,
HOW WE FLOURISH AFTERWARDS,
HOW WE’VE MADE LIFE FOR
OURSELVES. AND SO THAT’S
DIFFERENT KIND OF ASPECT OF
WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO TEACH.