"Helping to Advocate Towards Your Healing Journey"
Holocaust Stories of
Champaign-Urbana and Beyond
Season 1
A special thank you to Elizabeth Hess and Robin Goettel, without whom this project would not be possible.
Episode 1: Dr. Brian Kahn of the CUJF Holocaust Education Center
Listen in as Brian Kahn from the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation's Holocaust Education Center talks about the 1990 Illinois mandate (Public Act 86-780) to teach the Holocaust in elementary and middle schools, and how the HEC has worked to help implement that. He talks about the best ways to teach about the Holocaust, and current initiatives that the HEC has.
"We don’t have to wonder how to teach the Holocaust. We know best practices now--primary source documents, reading nonfiction texts, and learning to incorporate writing poetry and studying drama."
Episode 2: Linda Bauer - Child of Survivors
Hear Linda talk about her parents story of survival and her birth in a displaced persons camp. Listen to her upbringing in Germany, in Colorado, and her eventual move to Champaign-Urbana. Linda Bauer previously served as the Executive Director for the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation.
"I have a friend that found out about my family history and the concentration camps and all that and they asked ‘well, what did you guys do?’
I said ‘we didn’t do anything.’ "
Episode 3: Dr. William Gingold - Family Survival
In this episode, Bill talks about his experience of surviving the Holocaust as a child and how his family rebuilt after. From the Warsaw Ghetto, to the Siberian work camps, to Ellis Island, this won’t be a story you are easily able to forget.
His family story also is documented in the book Tunnel, Smuggle and Collect - A Holocaust Boy’s Story by Bill’s nephew, Jeffrey Gingold.
"One boy, seemed very articulate... said ‘I don’t think that what you’re sharing with me is factual,’ and I said ‘well, all I can do is share with you what I think I know, and what I’ve learned over time.’ "