News from the 19th Floor – Alfred Lerner Fellows – May 2023
News from the 19th Floor
VE DAY – MAY 8, 2023
On May 8, 2023, we will commemorate VE Day – Victory in Europe. Please consider showing JFR’s award winning documentary Following the Footsteps of My Father. Here is a link to the documentary.
If you would like to screen the longer version of the documentary, Footsteps of My Father, please email Stanlee at [email protected] and we will make it possible for you to screen the documentary with your students. The longer version is 38 minutes in length. Stanlee is also available to “meet” with your students online to discuss the making of the documentary, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, and the historiography of the Battle of the Bulge. The Teachers Guide for “Footsteps of My Father” is available on the JFR website. Here is a link to the Teacher’s Guide.
2023 SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS
Our 2023 Summer Institute got off to an early start! We have been Zooming with our 2023 Lerner Fellows. It is a great way for everyone to “meet” each other prior to arriving at the Hilton Newark Airport the end of June and to discuss topics of interest to the group.
2023 EUROPEAN STUDY PROGRAM TO GERMANY AND POLAND
Our European Study Program is set. We have a terrific group of Alfred Lerner Fellows joining us this summer! Professor van Pelt and Stanlee have been working with our European colleagues to arrange our visits to specific memorial sites.
JFR MOURNS THE PASSING OF KATALIN KURON
Katalin Kuron, a Righteous Gentile from Budapest, Hungary, passed away on April 3, 2023. Katalin, also known as Aunt Kati was 94. JFR’s Board Member, Dr. Steven Field and Stanlee visited Aunt Kati in July 2019. Here are pictures from that visit and a photo her son sent Stanlee a couple months ago. Here is a link to Aunt Kati’s rescue story.
May Katalin’s memory be a blessing.
2024 ADVANCED SEMINAR
The dates for the 2024 Advanced Seminar are January 13 – 15, 2024. The 2024 Advanced Seminar will be held at the Hilton Newark Airport. The program will be announced by September 2024. The program is open to Alfred Lerner Fellows who are full-time teachers or Holocaust center education staff.
POLISH SOCIETY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS
The JFR would like to recognize the important work of the Polish Society for the Righteous. The Society, which is head by Dr. Anna Stupnicka Bando, is based in Warsaw, Poland. Here is a link to Anna’s rescue story. For some thirty years, the JFR has worked closely with the Polish Society for the Righteous. The Society has helped the JFR reach out to JFR-supported rescuers living in Poland. We appreciate their assistance and we thank them for their dedication to Polish Righteous.
