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Emma Van Hoepen, a Grade 12 Timothy Christian student, guides fellow schoolmates through the Anne Frank exhibition set up in their school on Wednesday. The display will be open to the public for one day, on May 1. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Remembering ‘Children of the Holocaust’ Anne Frank exhibit helps commemorate 70 years since the end of the Holocaust Jennifer Feinberg The Progress A student picks up the camelcoloured coat and tries it on. A faded Star of David is stitched onto the front. The yellow star is still recognizable as the visible symbol of the Holocaust, the systematic and state-sponsored persecution and annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. The wrinkled coat is just one of the chilling artifacts on display in Chilliwack. It’s been 70 years since the end
of the Holocaust and a group of Chilliwack high school students have been specially trained to bring the tragic story of Anne Frank and the holocaust to life. The story of Anne Frank is a true account of a Jewish family’s attempt to hide from the Nazis in occupied Holland, and the Amsterdam family that risked their lives to hide them. Frank’s family was eventually caught and sent to a concentration camp where Anne later died. She left behind a diary that became the basis for a book and awardwinning play.
Student-led tours will be the focus of a Community Open House: Children of the Holocaust event on May 1 at Timothy Christian School. Timothy Christian teacher Daniel Van Brugge said the student guides are learning to make connections between the history, and providing meaningful lessons about the holocaust for today’s society. The project showcases 35 vertical interpretive panels shipped to Chilliwack from the Anne Frank House Museum from Amsterdam, as well as artifacts like an old suitcase, family photographs, food ration stamps, a wooden toy — all on loan from the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.
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“The panels from the Anne Frank House by themselves, while interesting, aren’t the thing. It’s all about the human interaction and the conversations between the guides and the visitors.” The 12 tour guides are senior high school students, with half from Timothy Christian School, and the other half from Mt. Cheam Christian School. When The Progress arrives on Wednesday, some of the guides are taking younger students through the exhibit for the first time, in preparation for the upcoming open house event on May 1. “The value is the leadership Continued: STUDENTS/ p3
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Chilliwack RCMP believe they’ve arrested two men who allegedly carried out a string of armed robberies in Popkum and Chilliwack. Thirty-two-year old Rosedale resident Allen Edward Rusk and 24-year-old Herbert Martin Hanuse, also of Rosedale, are in custody. Rusk faces three charges, including robbery and possession of stolen property, and will stay in behind bars until he appears in court later this month. Hanuse finds himself in even hotter water, facing 11 charges that include robbery, assault causing bodily harm and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public. The first robbery was on Jan. 19. At 7:30 p.m. a man with his face covered, carrying a weapon, entered a store in the 52800 block of Yale Road East, demanded money and ran off with the stolen cash. The second robbery happened at 9:45 a.m. on March 25. Again, the suspect had his face covered and carried a weapon, entering a restaurant in the 53000 block of Bunker Road (Popkum) and demanding money. This time police say he escaped on a bicycle. On April 3 at 6:35 a.m. a suspect returned to the 53000 block of Bunker Road for a second time. An employee confronted him and suffered a non life-threatening head injury. The suspect allegedly grabbed some merchandise before taking off on a bicycle. The final robbery occurred April 9 at 12:30 p.m. when the suspect allegedly stormed into a convenience store on Wells Road in Chilliwack, running away with money and merchandise. Soon after, RCMP officers found a suspected stolen vehicle in the Agassiz area and linked it to the Wells Road robbery. Rusk and Hanuse were arrested later that day.