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The primary objective of the organization is education, both directly through the museum, classes, and presentations, and also by providing educators with the resources they need to teach their students about the Holocaust.
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2008 LEO & ANTONIA GERSHANOV MEMORIAL
HOLOCAUST ESSAY CONTEST
History’s Dark Echo:
The Challenge of Never Again in the 21st Century
Awards have recently been awarded for this year's Gershanov Memorial Holocaust Essay Contest. Learn More.
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Teacher Workshop
ECHOES and REFLECTIONS
Learn how to integrate survivor testimony into your classroom study of the Holocaust
*Earn CPDU’s *
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: University of Chicago
GSB Harper Center, Room 219
5807 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
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Witness to the Holocaust
Ralph Rehbock
Ralph Rehbock was born in July 1934, in Gotha, Germany. The Nazis were already in power and Hitler had become Chancellor the year before. Despite rising persecution, Jews were still encouraged to emigrate at this time, many attempting to find refuge in non-occupied countries of Europe, as well as the United States.
Read more about Ralph and his family's escape to the United States |
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 This Month in
Holocaust History
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Hitler Becomes Führer
August 2, 1934
When President Paul Von Hindenburg died on August 2, 1934, Reich Chancellor Hitler was perched to step into power.
The posts of President and Chancellor were merged into one position: the Führer, or supreme leader, of the German People.
Almost immediately following, Hitler and the Nazi party announced a law creating the title of Führer.
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