Bringing Holocaust Survivors into the Classroom: A Facing History and Ourselves Podcast

In this Facing History and Ourselves podcast, Holocaust survivor Rena Finder and Facing History Executive Director Margot Stern Strom talk about the impact of bringing the stories of Holocaust survivors into classrooms, and how those stories will be told in years to come.

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Related Facing History and Ourselves Resources:

• A page devoted to Rena Finder in the Profiles section of Facing History and Ourselves' website provides a brief biography of Ms. Finder, as well as links to video clips and other resources.

• In 1994, a year after the release of the film "Schindler's List," Facing History and Ourselves' executive director, Margot Stern Strom, interviewed Schindler's List survivor Rena Finder. In this powerful 42-minute interview, Ms. Finder discusses her life in Krakow before the war; how she came to be included on the list; the infamous Nazi commandant Amon Goeth; and the remarkable man who is credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews, Oskar Schindler.  

• Facing History and Ourselves created the study guide for teachers and students that accompanies the movie Schindler's List. The guide is helpful for teachers who want to bring the movie into their classrooms. Ms. Finder is referenced and quoted in some of the readings (see especially "Choices in a Time of Narrowing Choices," p. 54).
  
  
• Ms. Finder's testimony is included in Facing History and Ourselves' resource book and accompanying video, Elements of Time. Elements of Time is a collection of Holocaust testimonies. The companion manual describes the context for and content of video testimonies dealing with a wide range of themes pertinent to the study of the Holocaust and human behavior.

• Click here for a transcript of this podcast.

This podcast was produced and narrated by John Englander.