Today in Benton City at Kiona-Benton High School a Holocaust survivor will be speaking about her experiences at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The survivor will be speaking at a community forum tonight from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm.  This forum is a part of a two-day event put on by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center. On Friday, March 19, there will be a training for teachers to prepare them for teaching about the Holocaust at the high school from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. During this training there will also be a session by scholar John Roth about “Situating the Holocaust in a Genocidal World.” The training costs $20 and there are clock hours available. Registration is required and can be accessed by going to the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center website, by emailing ilanak@wsherc.org, or by calling 206.774.2201.

Posted by Joe and Collleen Lane Realtors® in Tri Cities Washington

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