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The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program has a dual mission.

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We are publishers and we are educators.

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As publishers, we produce memoirs written

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by Holocaust survivors who came to Canada after the war.

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And once these memoirs are out in the world,

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we work in every province

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and territory training teachers

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to take these memoirs into the classroom

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and work with their students

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to make them part of the conversation.

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When a book is born, if we can, we sit down with the author

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and we interview the author.

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We produce a short film.

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We take the authors interview

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and we put it on Re:Collection.

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We create a beautiful page with photos and maps

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and excerpts, all about this one book from the author.

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But then we also create education resources

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so the teachers can take this book

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and bring it right into the classroom with an activity,

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a biography, scavenger hunt, a short film with experts

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who can talk to the theme to make it easier for the teacher.

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And then we also created audiobooks.

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Those audiobooks allow students who need the support,

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who need that audio accessibility to have it with them.

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The survivors' stories are at the heart of our program,

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but how we get those stories out into the world continues

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to change, whether it's through a new animated short film,

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an upcoming podcast, and who knows what else.

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There should not be a barrier for bringing the stories

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of Holocaust survivors into Canadian classrooms,

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and we ensure that the teachers have the confidence

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and the ability to do this.