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Kids
Interfaith Holocaust Symposium
Leaves A Lasting Impression
RONNA F. HALL
Special to The Jewish News
B
rother Rice High
School senior John
Hayes recalls listen-
ing to the survivors and
thinking that the Holocaust
was the worst thing ever to
happen.
"Learning about the
Holocaust doesn't change
anyone directly because we
weren't there," he says. "But
I still think about it and I'll
never forget."
Hayes was among nearly
200 other students from 17
area high schools who attend-
ed the 13th semi-annual In-
terfaith Youth Symposium on
the Holocaust last November.
The event started eight
years ago as a teacher-
training program on the
Holocaust. It was organized
by the Greater Detroit Inter-
faith Round Table of the Na-
tional Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews; the Jewish
Community Council of Metro-
politan Detroit; and Shaarit
Haplaytah, the organization
of Holocaust survivors.
"Our hope," says Miriam
Schey of the Jewish Com-
munity Council, "is that the
day at the Holocaust
Memorial Center will leave a
lasting memory and students
will return with their
families and continue to ask
questions and pass informa-
tion on to others."
History books come alive
with the survivors' first-
person accounts, which are
the key to understanding
what happened in the camps.
John Mames coordinates
the speakers. Most are
members of Shaarit
Haplaytah and believe they
have a duty to tell their
stories, Mames says. "No
matter how painful, it is a
legacy they owe the next
generation and most realize it
is the most powerful part of
the program."
John Hayes wonders how
the Holocaust happened dur-
ing a period that appeared
civilized. A day spent at the
Holocaust Memorial raised
many questions.
Hayes' only exposure to the
Holocaust had been through
a textbook. "I had misconcep-
tions about what really hap-
pened," he says. "The facts
and figures shocked me."
For Hayes, the survivors'
stories had the strongest im-
pact. "They spoke not to our
intellect, but to our emo-
tions." One woman told of
first being separated from her
family and then being torn
from her grandmother at the
camp.
"When we compare what
goes on in the world today, it
makes you think more in
depth about South Africa,"
Hayes says. "Seeing the in-
justices in Germany and then
studying the injustices in
South Africa, we realize that
it can happen now."
Pat Trese, another senior
from Brother Rice was sur-
prised to find the Holocaust
Memorial Center was not a
depressing place. "Terrible
things happened yet the
theme and the architecture
are all upbeat. I came away
with a very positive feeling."
His best friend in the fifth
grade was Jewish and
although they never talked
about the Holocaust, Trese
had a curiosity partly because
of this friendship. "The pro-
gram that day raised my
awareness. You just go to
school, staying close into your
own little world and begin to
take life for granted. The
Holocaust went against
everything that we view as
sane today, contrdicting
everything," Trese said." You
realize it is not as simple a
world as when you were a lit-
tle kid:'
Brother Rice student Vice
Trancida wonders why the
survivors remained alive
when so many others perish-
ed. "The woman told us she
became dead inside," Tran-
chida says, "and one man said
he was lucky, but he also
wouldn't give the Germans