Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy, will offer the free program "Confronting the Holocaust" on Monday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m.
The program will offer an explanation of the Holocaust as well as images, videos, and testimony from presenter Dave Dunsavage on his experiences last summer, when he visited several of the locations where the atrocities of the Holocaust, also called the Shoah, occurred. Aspects to be covered include the origins of antisemitism, pre-Holocaust Jewish life in Europe, and the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany. Attendees will also learn about the use of ghettos and concentration camps to separate Jews from the rest of the German population, the horrors of the Final Solution, the end of the Holocaust with the liberation of the death camps, and the aftermath on the Jewish people and the world. The date of the presentation is of significance as it marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by the Allied Powers.
Dunsavage has been a modern world history teacher at Donegal High School for the past eight years. He was one of 25 teachers from across the country to be selected to take part in a summertime professional development trip to Poland to visit Holocaust sites in order to help middle and high school teachers better teach the Holocaust. The program was sponsored by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, and its educational branch, Echoes and Reflections.
Dunsavage earned his bachelor's degree in citizenship education from Elizabethtown College and a master's degree from Penn State University in teaching and curriculum with a focus on educational leadership. In addition to his role as teacher, Dunsavage serves the Donegal High School as the social studies department chair, a mentor for the Dudes Overcoming Obstacles at Donegal (DOODs) student mentoring group, a Link Crew co-coordinator, and a group leader for the Donegal Europe Trip, which takes students to historic sites in western Europe every other year.
Outside of work, Dunsavage serves on the board of the About Childhood Trauma (ACT) Foundation and is a frequent library patron. Dunsavage lives in Mount Joy with his wife, Alicia, and their two young children, Ellie and Claire.
Registration is required for "Confronting the Holocaust." Those who register but are unable to attend are asked to call 717-653-1510.
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