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lee w Basic thoughts

Managing a restaurant supply store isn't easy. I wish I could afford Super Bowl tickets and all the swimming pool supplies I ever needed for our leisure time together. The truth is that I have to work so darn… Continue

Added by lee w on November 17, 2009 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Ernie Easter Remembering our Common Humanity from a Facebook group I belong to, "Fighting Holocaust Denial"

From Facebook Group: "Fighting Holocaust Denial" Rachel Croucher November 14 at 11:48pm Dear readers, I just now stumbled across this rather poignant article published on Remembrance Day on a Canadian news site. I have reprinted the article in this message and I have also created a thread on the discussion board should any of you wish to put forth and/or exchange any thoughts inspired by the art… Continue

Added by Ernie Easter on November 15, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Daniel Nowakowski Death March

I am working on a project mapping the death marches from Auschwitz and Auschwitz subcamps at the US Holocaust Memorial museum. I read through chapter 16 of your book Scheisshaus Luck, and I was wondering whether you would be able to give me some details from your experience from the death march. Do you remember the towns you passed through or even some stopping points? Some names of the people who marched with you in your column. The duration of the march. If you are able to remember any of this… Continue

Added by Daniel Nowakowski on July 8, 2009 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Ernie Easter Maine Teachers Go To USHMM with ME-HHRC Alternative Spring Break 2009

ME-HHRC Alternative Spring Break 2009 Ernie Easter Teacher, Grades 7 & 8 New Sweden School New Sweden, ME 04762 Our April, 2009 School Vacation had arrived and I was heading to Washington, D.C. to take part in the Maine Holocaust Human Rights Center’s Alternative Spring Break. Having already taken part in their Study Tour to Germany and Poland in 2003 I knew what to expect from the ME-HHRC organizer, Jackie Littlefield, and I was ready. I had been through several Holocaust museums in German… Continue

Added by Ernie Easter on June 29, 2009 at 5:50am — No Comments

Niki McCaffrey Scheisshaus Luck by Pierre Berg

I have recently started up a group on Facebook dedicated to the book. The group is very much a forum for all who wish to comment on or ask questions about the book. Everyone is welcome. Niki Continue

Added by Niki McCaffrey on November 2, 2008 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Jackie Study Tour of Germany

During late June, I participated in a study tour of Germany with educators from across the US. The Goethe-Institut USA office organizes the tours for social studies educators to experience Germany. The trip included visits to schools, businesses, and historical sites. Six groups of 15-16 educators visited Germany this summer. Each group visited different cities, but most started in Berlin. My journey started in Washington D.C. where I got to meet the people I would be spending two weeks with. T… Continue

Added by Jackie on August 21, 2008 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Ernie Easter Kelsie's presentation on the Plaszow Labor Camp

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Added by Ernie Easter on August 19, 2008 at 9:25am — No Comments

Ernie Easter The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust (WFJCSH) is hosting a conference in the Washington, DC area the weekend of November 7-10, 2008.

I received this announcement from one of my Facebook groups. If you are on Facebook, check out and join one (or several) of the many groups having to do with remembering the Holocaust. If anyone does go to this conference please write about the conference and your experiences there. Ernie Easter From: notification+m2wgexqn@facebookmail.com Subject: "Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors" sent you a message on Facebook... Date: August 16, 2008 9:48:50 PM EDT Aaron Biterman sent a message to th… Continue

Added by Ernie Easter on August 17, 2008 at 10:01am — No Comments

Charles Berry Genocide- an update on Darfur

Darfur Now(2007) PG A gripping insight into the tragic genocide in Darfur, this documentary highlights the work of six individuals who have taken a role in trying to stop the killings and help the millions of suffering residents of the region. Filmmaker Ted Braun spotlights actor Don Ch… Continue

Added by Charles Berry on June 16, 2008 at 5:27pm — 1 Comment

Charles Berry War Crimes Trial of Japanese

Prisoners of the Sun (1990)R An all-star cast brings the shocking true story of the largest Allied War Crimes trials ever conducted in the Pacific. An oppressive mood hangs over the small island of Ambon where hundreds of Australian prisoners of war have been massacred by their Japanese gu… Continue

Added by Charles Berry on June 7, 2008 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Charles Berry Grand Opening

I apologize for not attending: there were so many people I wanted to see again, but I had promises to keep and miles to go before I could sleep. Back before I took up this topic as part of my curriculum, Gerda Haas accepted interviews from my individual students who had read her… Continue

Added by Charles Berry on May 27, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Charles Berry Voyage of the Damned

II wasn't aware of this when i first saw it years ago but it was on TV tonight in a Faye Dunaway marathon. At the beginning I said..."no, this can't be about..SS StLouis and that terribly ill fated cruise ship that nobody would give refuge to... and the U.S. even put out ships… Continue

Added by Charles Berry on May 27, 2008 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Ernie Easter HHRC Celebrates the Public Opening of the Michael Klahr Center

I had the honor to attend the Public Opening of the Michael Klahr Center, the new home of the Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine. We were treated with some light fare and wonderful music by the Casco Bay Tummlers Klezmer Band as we waited for the program to start. The program began with an address by Gerda Haas, Founder of the HHRC. Governor Baldacci followed and began the Story Circle where each person who spoke made a connection to human rights issues or to the Holocaust itself. Others wh… Continue

Added by Ernie Easter on May 26, 2008 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Pierre Berg Answering Laura's Excellent Questions

A couple of days a ago Laura sent me a message: "Would you mind answering these questions? Only if you are comfortable in answering them, of course. First of all, what was it like in the concentration camp? I know lots of people ask this question, but, I mean, what was bunking like, what did you eat, and did you have roll call? My second question is, where did you work? Mr. Easter said that Auschwitz III was mostly a forced labor camp, so, did you have a specific line of work that you did? Were… Continue

Added by Pierre Berg on May 16, 2008 at 12:56pm — 3 Comments

Charles Berry Ararat

DVD 2002 Armenian Holocaust-Netflix

Ararat 2002 R 115 mins through Netflix "Ararat bears witness to the mass genocide of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks during World War I. Chronicling the life of an Armenian-American artist named Gorky who survived the slaughter, the film take… Continue

Added by Charles Berry on May 12, 2008 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Tory This is a poem about remembering the Holocaust

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Added by Tory on May 9, 2008 at 11:24am — No Comments

[[ohh laura..]] No One Spoke Out

Here is a poem I made about the Holocaust. No One Spoke Out.cwk Continue

Added by [[ohh laura..]] on May 9, 2008 at 11:23am — No Comments

Charles Berry Charlie's Desk

May 11,2008 The Journey of the Lost Boys: A Story of Courage, Faith and the Sheer Determination to Survive by a Group of Young Boys Called "The Lost Boys of Sudan"

published 2005 by Allswell Press binding Paperback isbn 0976387506 (isbn13: 9780976387503) pages 168 Hundreds o… Continue

Added by Charles Berry on May 9, 2008 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

...*Amber*... Holocaust Poem

This poem is about the Holocaust and what I learned about it. Holocaust Poem .doc Continue

Added by ...*Amber*... on May 5, 2008 at 9:43am — No Comments

....*Jordyn*.... Buchenwald Concentration Camp

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Added by ....*Jordyn*.... on May 5, 2008 at 9:37am — No Comments

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