Educating the Educated

Part of the original Warsaw Ghetto wall.

On Tuesday evening, 21 May, I had the opportunity to speak at the University of New Brunswick to Professor Todd's class on the history of the Holocaust and other genocides. A friend, Hilary, who is in this class mentioned me when Dr. Todd referenced the March of Remembrance and Hope several classes ago, and things sparked from there.

I was thrilled to have this opportunity, albeit very nervous.

I think the actual talk went pretty well; the class was already educated on the topic, and probably knew more than me. I did, however, have a hard time getting my emotions across. Several times, as I felt my voice start to waiver and my hands begin to shake, I wrapped up my story, and moved on, showed photos, or stopped for questions.

I look forward to the August retreat weekend which will allow me to better prepare myself for future speeches and hopefully put a huge step forward for the photo exhibit, which is currently still in the idea and planning stage.

Facilitators, survivors and educators.
Photo taken by fellow participant Tamara.

I am, however, very glad I managed to speak at UNB, and hope that there will be several more Atlantic Canadian / New Brunswick participants on the trip.

Finally, I have my photos up on Facebook, and the albums are public so you should all be able to visit them. There are two different albums, which you can visit by clicking here and here.

Also, I'll leave you with another link, just for interest's sake: "Nazi propaganda chief's waterfront estate up for sale".