Tuesday, October 8, 2019

“This bill is not just about our past, it’s about our future”

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"Days after the 2016 election, a swastika was discovered painted on the side of Mount Tom in Easthampton, alongside anti-Semitic and pro-Donald Trump messages.

Henia Lewin, a survivor of the Holocaust who lives in Amherst, described it as a “wakeup call” and the motivation she needed to share her story.

Lewin was one-and-a-half years old in 1941 when she was smuggled by her parents in a suitcase out of a Lithuanian ghetto set up that summer by invading Nazi forces. She now tells her survival story to students and teachers around the state, hoping that by educating young people about what happened in Europe she can discourage hatred and prejudice in the future.

“I have found that people don’t know about the Holocaust, not just kids in school and college students, but even adults,” Lewis told the Joint Committee on Education on Monday."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20191007/franklins-roy-behind-genocide-education-bill

For additional details on this proposed legislation
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H566


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