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Just something to share.... Our 7th grade English teacher requires her students to do a research paper on the Holocaust (they must choose any aspect of World War II but the Holocaust is always the central theme). Last year one of the boys in her class invited his grandmother (a Holocaust survivor) to visit the class and talk about her experiences. The program was held in the library, so I was able to share in the experience of hearing her story. She was about 16 when she and her family were separated and she talked about the horrors of death camps. She also spoke of walking from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen without any shoes between the months of January-March in 1945-- in the snow. (She explained that later she realized that she was in the same camp as Anne Frank.) She told the students that she arrived late in March and was liberated in April by the British. (She even tried to put some humor into the program by telling the students that she believed she survived because she was "pretty" and always "flirted" with the younger soldiers who would share their food with her or give her privileges that others could not have--- the reality of her cunning behavior was not lost on our students (I just don't think they realized how close to death each of those behaviors brought her---I shudder to think.) The students were extremely interested in her tattooed arm which she shared. I remember seeing the triangle on her arm with the numbers and realized that the students probably didn't understand the impact that this woman was making on our lives at that moment -- especially mine. I was amazed at her strength and demeanor but I was humbled by the fact that she represented a living piece of history that I would never truly understand. Her presence as a speaker and as a survivor was both an honor and a privilege for me--- one that I will never forget. ~Shonda Brisco Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian Fort Worth, TX sbrisco021@charter.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-