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Annual Holocaust Workshop
"Every Person Has A Name" Using Primary and Secondary Sources in Holocaust Education Monday, October 2, 2017 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Aquina Howell Building 3955 West Pensacola St. Parking in back of building. Breakfast and lunch provided. Instruction materials will be distributed to each participant for use with their students upon return to the classroom. Understanding of the Holocaust and its Implications for Today Workshop Presenter Sandy Mermelstein is a Senior Educator Specializing in Holocaust Teacher Training at The…
Find out more »The HERC Book Club – “Lilac Girls” by Martha Hall Kelly
New York socialite and former Broadway actress Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate, but her world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939, with its sights set on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. For the ambitious young German doctor Herta Oberheuser, an advertisement…
Find out more »Remembrance Dinner 2017
TITLE SPONSOR - $10,000 Event is named for Sponsor with listing as dinner sponsor on invitation and on marketing materials Ten premier table dinner tickets for Sponsor's guests Ten dinner tickets for invited HERC trained teachers Title Sponsor name tag recognition Photo op with guest speaker Business logo with link or Sponsor's name HERC website On screen donor listing with verbal recognition at event Business logo or Sponsor's name listed in event program Lobby Big Board listing HERC Annual Membership GOLD SPONSOR…
Find out more »The HERC Book Club – “Born Survivors” by Wendy Holden
November 9, 2017. Their husbands murdered by the Nazis, three women fight to save the lives of their unborn babies at Auschwitz. The public is always welcome and encouraged to participate. Four books are selected this season and discussion groups will be held on the second Thursday every other month from September through March. All meetings will be held at the Main Branch of the Leon County Public Library in Program Room B from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Books are selected…
Find out more »The HERC Book Club – “We Were The Lucky Ones” by Georgia Hunter
The story of one family's separation and survival during the Holocaust stretches across the globe. The public is always welcome and encouraged to participate. Four books are selected this season and discussion groups will be held on the second Thursday every other month from September through March. All meetings will be held at the Main Branch of the Leon County Public Library in Program Room B from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Books are selected by a volunteer committee and…
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