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Holocaust Resource Center connects local students & survivors Four Allen High School students listened intently as Edward Posner talked about his childhood. As the students took notes and recorded the conversation, Posner described what it was like in the ghetto of Shanghai during World War II, how he acclimated to life in the United States and his experience on a kibbutz in the 1970s.
Happy campers connect Jewishly Numerous studies have shown that Jewish children and teens who attend Jewish camp maintain greater connections to the community throughout their lives. We are proud to support our own Camp JCC, as well as provide scholarships for Jewish overnight camps.
This conversation was just one part of a project that has been years in the making. After receiving a grant from the Allentown School District Foundation, Allen history teachers Jeff Dutt and Matt Rohrbach began working with the Federation’s Holocaust Resource Center and their students to compile an oral history of the Holocaust in the form of interviews with area survivors. In total, 40 students interviewed 10 Holocaust survivors from the Lehigh Valley. The recordings will be donated to the Holocaust Resource Center as well as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. 13