Join the Alabama Holocaust Education Center and the UAB Department of History for this free teacher workshop open to all Alabama teachers!

At this workshop, you will get the chance to hear from world-renowned Holocaust scholar Dr. Peter Hayes as he identifies eight myths and misconceptions about the Holocaust. Additionally, you will hear from UAB Professor of History Dr. Jonathan Wiesen as he discusses everyday life under the Nazi regime, as well as AHEC applied researcher Ann Mollengarden. She will discuss popular myths regarding Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. Through this workshop, we will give you the tools you need in order to deepen your students’ understanding of Holocaust history and its lessons.

Teachers will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the workshop, and 4 hours of PD credit will also be available to you on PowerSchool.

Substitute reimbursement of up to $100 is offered to teachers, should you need it. Attendance is required for reimbursement, and attendees will fill out a form at the workshop to be reimbursed. Lunch will also be provided to you by the AHEC. Parking is available in the Temple Emanu-El parking deck, which is located directly behind our building on 11th Alley, accessed via Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd S. For more parking information, click here.

While this is a free workshop, registration is required. All three sessions are included in registration. Join educators from across the state for this networking and pedagogical opportunity. Use the link below to register today!

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Sessions:

– 8 Misconceptions of the Holocaust w/ Dr. Peter Hayes

– German Society under the Nazi Regime w/ Dr. Jonathan Wiesen

– Kristallnacht: More Than Just Broken Glass w/ Ann M. Mollengarden

Meet Our Presenters:

Dr. Peter Hayes

A great historian once wrote, “Impossible to remember as it really was, [the Holocaust] is inherently vulnerable to being remembered as it wasn’t.’ He was right on both counts: conveying the depth of the cruelty and suffering involved, stretches the capacities of historians to the limit; misunderstandings have multiplied ever since about what happened and why. Join Dr. Peter Hayes as he identifies eight prevalent misconceptions about the Holocaust and outlines the evidence that refutes them. The goal is to prepare teachers to complexify and deepen students’ understanding of this dreadful subject.

Dr. Jonathan Wiesen

Jonathan Wiesen is a Professor of History at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He did his undergraduate work in history at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Sussex, and he received his Ph.D. in History from Brown University in 1998. Before coming to UAB, he was visiting assistant professor at Colgate University and Distinguished Professor and chair at Southern Illinois University. Dr. Wiesen’s session will focus on German society under the Nazi regime, examining everyday life of Germans under dictatorship. He will also explore the Third Reich in a transnational context in the 1930s and 1940s.

Ann M. Mollengarden

Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” is commonly taught as a series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and its recently incorporated territories which became a turning point for Germany’s Jews. Using historical documents, survivor testimony, and photographs, we will examine popular myths about this historic event, how and why it happened, and its ultimate impact.

PowerSchool:

PS Section #: 516021

Course Title: UABRIC-Myths and Misconceptions About the Holocaust

Date/Time(s): 11/6/2024; 8:30 am-3:00 pm

Location: 2100 Highland Avenue South, Suite 101, Birmingham, AL 35205

PS Registration Link: https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/registration/presentRegistrationDetails/516021

Thank You to Our Partner:

The Alabama Holocaust Education Center would like to thank our partner, the UAB Department of History, for supporting our 2024 Kristallnacht Commemorative Lecture.