The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) will discuss Terezin, the Nazis’ “model ghetto” during the Holocaust, at the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in Fort Scott, Kansas.
The discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, at the Lowell Milken Center (1 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701). MCHE Executive Director Jessica Rockhold will lead the discussion in Fort Scott.
“MCHE’s relationship with the leaders of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes goes back to the ‘90s, when Norm Conard’s students conducted their research on Irena Sendler in the MCHE library – the project that would become ‘Life In A Jar,’” Rockhold said. “Their work to recognize rescuers in the Holocaust continues to grow, and we are pleased to be able to provide this additional historical context for their unveiling of a panel on Pavel Weiner – one of the children who lived through imprisonment in Terezin.”
Terezin was a “model ghetto” of the Nazis, who decided to temporarily place prominent Jewish community members there before eventually deporting them to killing centers.
“Great writers, educators, artists, musicians and scientists found themselves there with the full breadth of the Czech Jewish community,” Rockhold said. “It is famous not only for the culture that persisted there among the adults, but for the rich educational opportunities it afforded the children held in Terezin. Their art and writings have become a hallmark for remembering the experience of the nearly million and a half Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust.”
The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes provides support for students and educators who want to learn and share about important people who are not often recognized for their heroic efforts. More information is available at lowellmilkencenter.org.
