Georgia Commission on the Holocaust e-newsletter [Oct. 2016]

October 2016
Welcome to the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust e-newsletter. Updates on upcoming events, programs, and opportunities right to your inbox!
On This Day: October
This monthly educational series contextualized the history by providing summaries of events in Anne Frank's life and the Holocaust as the anniversaries fall on the current calendar.

Click here to learn about the events of October 1942.

Click here to learn about the events of October 1944.

2016 MJCCA Book Festival
The Devil's Diary and Fields of Battle
Join the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust as the Community Partner for the MJCCA 2016 Book Festival's conversation with authors Robert Wittman and Brian Curtis on November 6. Click here for details.
Click here to purchase tickets. Use promo code "GACH" to receive member prices.*
Price: $10 for MJCCA members: $10 $15 for non-members
*When purchasing series tickes to the Book Festival, use code "GACH SERIES"
ROBERT WITTMAN, The Devil's Diary
A groundbreaking World War II narrative wrapped in a riveting detective story, The Devil's Diary investigates the disappearance of a private diary penned by one of Adolf Hitler's top aides--Alfred Rosenberg, his "chief philosopher"--and mines its long-hidden pages to deliver a fresh, eye-opening account of the Nazi rise to power and the genesis of the Holocaust
The diary was discovered hidden in a Bavarian castle at war's end, but after Rosenberg was convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg and executed, the pages mysteriously vanished. More than half a century later, New York Times bestselling author and former FBI Special Agent Robert K. Wittman learned of the diary when the chief archivist for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum contacted him to say that someone was trying to sell it for more than a million dollars. The phone call sparked a decade-long hunt. From the crusading Nuremberg prosecutor who smuggled the diary out of Germany to the man who finally turned it over, everyone had reasons for hiding the truth.
BRIAN CURTIS, Fields of Battle
New York Times bestselling author and Dunwoody resident Brian Curtis brings us a powerful story that sheds light on a little-known slice of American history where World War II and football intersect. In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Duke University out of fear of further Japanese attacks on the West Coast. Shortly after this unforgettable game, many of the players and coaches left their respective colleges, entered the military, and went on to serve around the world in famous battlegrounds, where fate and destiny would bring them back together on faraway battlefields, fighting on the same team.
Click here to learn more.

Distinguished Educator of 2017

2017 Creative Arts Student Contest

The Distinguished Educator award is presented annually to a full-time Georgia educator of grades 5-12. This educator will have demonstrated excellence in teaching about the Holocaust, human rights, civil rights, or character development.
Applications include a cover letter, letters of support, and rubric components. Applicants must submit online by March 28, 2017.
The official presentation of the award will take place on April 28, 2017, at the State Capitol.
The winner will also receive a plaque and a $500 stipend for educational materials.
Click here for information and to apply.

Students in Georgia of grades 6-12 are invited to enter. The theme for 2017 is "Choosing to Act: Resistance During the Holocaust."
Research All entries must include a Works Cited page. Research is limited to the resources on this page.
Create Before creating your entry, please carefully review the requirements and guidelines posted on this page.
Submit All entries must be sent by March 14, 2017, and accompanied by a Contest Submission Form.
Win All first place winners will receive an iPad mini. Further prizes will be announced
Click here to read the full guidelines.

Events
Sunday Matinees
Join us for free showings of short films and documentaries about the Holocaust, World War II, and human rights.
October 9 - The Path to Nazi Genocide November 13 - Survivors Remember Kristallnacht
Georgia Council on the Social Studies 2016 Conference
The 2016 conference will be held at the Classic Center in Athens on October 13-14, 2016. Click here to register and for more information. The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust will be presenting the following sessions:
"Shaping Thought, Justifying War, Committing Mass Murder: Deconstructing Nazi Propaganda" Oct. 13, 12:45-1:45 p.m. in Parthenon Room 2 "Holocaust ID Cards Activity: Translating Statistics into People"Oct. 13, 4:45-5:45 p.m. in Grand Hall 5 Room "Were We Our Brothers' Keepers: Holocaust Collaboration and Complicity" Oct. 14, 8:30-9:30 a.m. in Cypress I Room
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News
FREE educator workshop series
New dates are being posted for the "Teaching About the Holocaust: Lessons for Today" series in the 2016-2017 school year.
January 26-27, 2017 at Augusta University in Augusta, GA
Please click here to learn more about the workshops and sign-up to receive e-mail notifications.
Join the USHMM in uncovering how American newspapers reported about the Holocaust
Help the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum uncover what ordinary people around the country could have known about the Holocaust from reading your local newspapers in the years 19331945. Join the team of citizen historians uncovering new knowledge that will be shared with scholars, curators, and the public. Please click here to learn more.
Exhibit Holiday Closings
The exhibit will be closed the following dates:
October 12 November 24-25 December 25-27 December 31 - January 1

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