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Letters From Brno: Teaching the Holocaust Through Film, Personal Stories and Primary Sources
This workshop is being rescheduled for March 2nd.
Educator Workshop
Join the Virginia Holocaust Museum and Karen Kruger, writer, and producer of the powerful PBS documentary Letters from Brno. Using the brand new LFB Teacher Toolkit we will preview a 6th-12th grade Holocaust curriculum through an immersive workshop that addresses best practices of Holocaust education using film, primary resources and survivor voices. The workshop will also give educators the opportunity to screen the film, Letters From Brno, and participate in actual lessons using materials from the curriculum and accessing the extensive family archive of primary sources.
This workshop is free for educators and includes:
Breakfast and Lunch
Educator Resources including a lesson for International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th) and access to the educator’s version of Letters From Brno*
A certificate of attendance
To download a flyer, click HERE!
About the film: Letters from Brno tells the powerful, personal story of love and sacrifice during the Holocaust. In a 45-year search for clues to her mother’s past, daughter, Karen Kruger, uncovers the tragic fate of her grandparents through their letters written during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
For questions about the workshop please contact mferenczy@vaholocaust.org
* The link to the educator’s cut of Letters From Brno will be available for one week.