“I was teaching Holocaust Studies in a classroom that a former Nazi camp guard used to clean, and in a building that had rallied to his defense.”
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When a Holocaust denier took down a Christian college professor
Some of you may recall our May 2024 post on Matthew Warner, a communication professor who was fired by Grace College, an evangelical school in Winona Lake, Indiana. Warner was targeted by the Christian Right because he published some tweets […]
Evangelical blast from the past:
Amy Grant tackles slavery and the Holocaust in 1988:
Many know the night: a lesson from Elie Wiesel
Many know the night. This was the message I heard on the afternoon of September 10, 2002, while sitting in the hushed, overwarm, overcrowded chapel of Middlebury College, where I was just beginning my sophomore year of studies. My friends […]
Teaching “opposing” views of the Holocaust in a history class is not that far-fetched of an idea. Let me explain.
A Superintendent of a Texas school has apologized for telling his faculty that they had to teach “opposing” views on the Holocaust. Get up to speed here. Here is Mary Papenfuss at Yahoo News: A north Texas school superintendent has apologized for […]
“Very fine people on both sides” comes to a Texas school district
Here is NBC News: SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom, they should also offer students access to a […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing mask mandates to Holocaust
Watch: I don’t know what is really going on here, but I will give Greene the benefit of the doubt. I am encouraged that she changed her mind after visiting the Holocaust Museum. She learned some history today, and that […]