area who participated in the
23rd semiannual Interfaith
Youth Symposium on the Holo-
caust. Sponsors of the event in-
cluded the Holocaust Memorial
Center, the Greater Detroit In-
terfaith Round Table and the
Jewish Community Council.
The symposium raises con-
sciousness about what hap-
pened in Nazi Germany and
teaches the lessons of the Holo-
caust, said Selma Silverman,
an HMC administrator.
"There seems to be a contin-
uous need for Holocaust edu-
cation," added Barbara Gray,
program director of the Round
Table. "There are still people
in this country who have very
little knowledge about the
Holocaust."
Students and teachers from
12 area high schools met at the
Maple-Drake Jewish Commu-
nity Center, where they spent
most of the day learning about
the Holocaust.
After watching a movie
about the Holocaust, students
were divided into groups to
tour the HMC and talk with
survivors.
Students in one group were
led through the memorial by
Hans Weinmann, who dis-
cussed the atrocities of the
Holocaust, how Hitler and the
Nazis came to power and what
the American newspapers
were printing during that time.
The group then listened to
Holocaust survivor Saul Raimi
share his experiences.
Many of the student partic-
ipants said talking with sur-
vivors made the messages of
the Holocaust more under-
standable.
"It was really interesting to
hear survivors speak," said
Steve Jones, a student at
Brother Rice High School. "It
gave you a different perspec-
tive of the Holocaust, things
you don't see in history books."
Danielle Lueck, a junior at
Lakeview High School in St.
Clair Shores, knew a little
about the Holocaust before at-
tending the youth symposium.
She said she feels it is impor-
tant to learn about the Holo-
caust so that history will never
repeat itself.
This year's youth sympo-
sium theme, the rescue of the
Danish Jews, coincided with
an HMC exhibit, "October
1943: The Rescue of the Dan-
ish Jews From Annihilation."
The display comes from the
Danish National Museum. The
exhibit runs through Jan. 16.
Following lunch, Preben
Munch-Nielsen, a Danish res-
cuer who helped more than
1,400 Jews safely reach Swe-
den in 1943, addressed the
group.
"I'm no hero," he said. "I did
what any noble person would
do." ❑
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