Olympic High School Class Visits the Holocaust Center

Today the 10th graders from Olympic High School in Bremerton came to the Holocaust Center. This class has borrowed our Holocaust teaching trunk and the students entered our 2009 Writing and Art Contest. They were well prepared to come to the Center and explore our resources.

The students examined our artifact collection, looked at our new exhibit--"Stories Among Us: Washington State Connections to the Holocaust"--and browsed the materials in our extensive Holocaust and genocide library.

The class also listened to Speakers Bureau member Peter D. share his story of survival during the Holocaust. Peter and his family fled Germany and traveled to Shanghai, where they lived in terrible conditions with thousands of other Jewish refugees. Listening to Peter's story and reflections on the power of hate, bullying, and ignorance, the 10th graders from Olympic High School became witnesses to history.