K-12 and College Education
Wagner College’s Holocaust education program has connected local Holocaust survivors to over 5000 5th to 12th grade students at diverse schools including: Port Richmond High School (11th grade), P.S. 19 (5th grade), I.S. 49 Berta Dreyfus Intermediate School (8th grader), Lavelle Preparatory Charter School (6th grade), Staten Island Academy (6-12th grades) and New Ventures Alternative High School.
Local Holocaust survivors who have participated as eyewitness to Kristallnacht and Nazi atrocities, include: Gabi Held, Arthur Spielman, Rachel Gottlieb, Chaim Ben-Aron, Rachel Roth, Brenda Perelman, Miriam Jacobs-Schwarcz, Ernie Buehler, Margot Capell, Egon Salmon.
Over two dozen Wagner College students have served as Holocaust interns, including three who were third generation Holocaust survivors: Julia Teichman, Jennifer Weile and Julia Loria. Students who would like to apply for an internship and educators who would like to participate should contact LRWeintr@wagner.edu.
Our 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Day was showcased on NY1.
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EDUCATION AND ACTION GALLERY, UNION BLDG
In the spring of 2022, the WCHC inaugurated our Education and Action Gallery, the first permanent Holocaust exhibition on Staten Island. Featuring information panels, timelines, maps, photographs, archival objects and interactive displays, our gallery covers the major unfolding of the central events of the Holocaust, from life in pre-war Europe to 21st century genocides. The gallery features a special tribute to Staten Island Survivors, a wall of Rescuers and Resistors, and a unique focus on women.
For visits and tours for school groups, fifth grade through college, please contact
holocaust.center@wagner.edu
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR EDUCATION AND ACTION GALLERY READ ABOUT IT
IN THE STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE:
Outreach and Student Reflections
Educational Resources
- My Parents' Mixed Messages on Holocaust
- Anne Frank Today is A Syrian Girl