Her ancestors were part of this group of people who left Alabama at this time and came to Oklahoma, and she'd never seen the speech before till we sent it to her to ask her about it. They eventually did learn something about this one event in Jewish history. - Yes, sir! I felt embarrassed. Two years after the Castlemont kids got kicked out of the movie theater, over two million public high school students had seen Schindler's List, and many more since then, including me. From their perspective, here's what happened. Oh! I get that. He found the primary source for us knowing about it-- the only source-- a newspaper article in The Huntsville Democrat in 1835. Life and career [ edit] Lwensohn was born in Bucharest, Romania. And for him to acknowledge what happened but not place that type of blame on us was great. He was like, Aw, man. Reiter's brief concluding chapter discusses why authors have committed themselves to writing Holocaust narratives. Oh, are you guys on a field trip? My sister's profile has incorrect information in it that we'd never signed off on or even seen. What was the last name of the Rabbi whom Oskar Schindler saved from being singled out for death? Back then, what did we say? established by Spielberg to videotape and preserve testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. They were going to see a film that covers some history. What movie are you all watching? 42. The kids from the field trip and the chaperones gathered in the school library. Find reviews, educational history and legal experience. I felt bad about it because I said, wow, we're not even good enough to just wait here? People were disappointed in the students and the faculty. Europe),chose to exterminate Jews. You're clapping? Let's get the kids to apologize. JSTREETPAC Board Member. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born July 11, 1966 Add to list Others had never learned the first thing about it. All we did was get kicked out of the theater. By Melody Amsel-Arieli. Yeah. Auschwitz was also a place of execution. They leave almost instantly, and I can now see what is on the other side of the window-- aisles of dark-stained wood cabinets of rosewood or teak, maybe, floor to ceiling, lit by small, overhead spotlights. I do not believe our great Father means to harm his red children, but that he wishes us well. : What was the name of the girl he married in the work camp? Others even snuck into other movies. Is this a documentary? Bio. In fact, one of the school administrators said she was happy the students reacted that way because she knew it had affected them. Schindler's List (1993) Elina Lwensohn as Diana Reiter. He talks about how we're being driven from our homes, and then, in the same breath, goes on to say, this is for the betterment of our people. Amon Goeth was an SS guard in charge of Plaszow. Diana Reiter, 16 Pawlikowskiego street, Krakw, Poland. Let's talk about the Black Holocaust. Herr Kommandant! And what happened on that field trip with this group of black and Latino students became kind of a big deal, talked about all across the country because of what they did not learn. I find my sister as she has been for 12 and 1/2 years and will be forever-- enshrined alphabetically before Howard Lee Kane. It was like 70/30 split. Diana Reiter is on Facebook. Anisa Rasheed felt the same way as her students. Kandi got in trouble for this-- was reprimanded by the principal, vilified in letters to the editor, just like the kids had been before. They were furious. Then one of the kids said that out loud. Stephen Spielberg was coming for a visit. Halls B1, C1, Entrance West +49 89 949-21121 +49 89 949-21129. Laura Abrams was the school social worker at Castlemont at the time. I helped save the lives of many Jews. I was like, how are we bigger than the earthquake? Release Dates Polski: Kamienica, 1938 proj. If you want to bring a coffee table book full of photos of cadaver dogs sniffing through smoking rubble back home to wherever you're from, hey, that's great. How did it feel to hear that from an adult? Governor Wilson championed one of the harshest anti-immigration laws in California's history, Proposition 187. Just a handful of kids were allowed to ask questions, and the questions were vetted and approved by the adults. You're not going to come back? Diana received her bachelor's degree in Letters and Arts from Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania, and a master's degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Administration from Pace University, where she graduated with honors and was recognized with the Outstanding Student of the Year Award: For Excellence in the Our website, thisamericanlife.org. They wanted to teach us about the Holocaust. Deniers of the Holocaust, the systematic murder of around 6 million Jewish people in World War II, either deny that such a genocide took place or minimize its extent. Allen asked the manager what was going on. And I remember he started talking, asking them questions. Today's program is about what happens when you come across some historical facts presented by people who want you to learn those facts, either from a marker on the side of the road, or maybe a film, or in the case of this next act, a museum. FunTrivia is a collaborative community effort, where we are constantly updating questions to keep them accurate. Due to the economic situation, she was dismissed at the end of 1931. The world's attention validated the size of their grief. And that was horrible and heartbreaking and difficult enough without the extra weight. After having children, I sought to find a career that was more flexible than law, yet equally challenging and rewarding. And the annoyance is tempered by the realization that non-participation in the pageantry has its drawbacks. Oskar Schindler told me he knew I was a bookkeeper for a company in Lipowa Street. Diana.Reiter@messe-muenchen.de. Then we get into the theater, and downhill from there. One afternoon two weeks later, Steven Spielberg came back. Ladies and gentlemen, the students of Castlemont High School, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you a man who is helping and who has accomplished great things for film, for education, and for tolerance-- Mr. Steven Spielberg. But he probably said it as, Aw, man. - What? Reiter, Bernd, "If Germany Atoned for the Holocaust, the US Can Pay Reparations for Slavery" (2019). If you would have asked me when I was 15, I would've told you no. This often includes analyzing stories from the news or the worlds of celebrities and pop culture to recognize the threads relevant to what they are learning in their classes. And at some point, the timer is up. So there's no grave to visit. Edited by Michael Declan Dunn, 25 Apr. Her second book, The State, Antisemitism and Collaboration in the Holocaust: The Borderlands of Romania and the Soviet Union, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. When Diana Reiter was born about 1920, in Poland, her father, Mr. Reiter, was 20 and her mother, Mrs. Reiter, was 20. And with the movie being what it was, it makes sense to me now, most definitely. She is . And what I remember was that all the politicians and dignitaries were there and got their seats in the front. Technical Specs. If you find I'm Ira Glass. One guest teacher explained that racism has 54 components to it. She emigrated to the US after the death of Elina's father. The kids were trying to apologize for their behavior, for the way that they behaved. Her discussion of the need to witness and the effects of trauma do not add much to what we already know. Yeah, I'm doing mine. By the time I finally reach the gift shop, the indignation I've been counting on just isn't there. I'm sure you're right. Reiter So though there wasn't any anti-Semitism among the students before the field trip, it seemed like a kind of anti-Semitism was growing at Castlemont High School. From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. And I remember thinking, wow, this is just nuts, you know? Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. The general or the guy in charge there-- . When one of the moviegoers told them to be quiet, they reportedly bombarded him with popcorn. Diana Reiter. Two buildings designed by her are extant: at Beliny-Pramowskiego 26 (19331935) and Pawlikowskiego 16 (19371939) - a tenement house constructed for Jzef and Eleonora Elsner. We also read Night by Elie Wiesel and The Diary of Anne Frank and were taken to the Holocaust Museum in DC. So the marker's titled "The Indian Fires Are Going Out," in quotes. Tracy Wilson was one of the students on the field trip, a freshman. Anisa Rasheed taught English and African History at Castlemont at the time. It will take more than that. And just quickly, there was something else about the scene-- the way the actress fell after she was shot. And Spielberg said, well, maybe I will. Few Holocaust survivors attach any meaning to camp life itself. And according to the kids, those patrons noticed them back. And she doesn't disagree. We don't look like anybody else that's standing in line, but no one said anything to us. and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. The crowded memorial hall is lined with photos of everyone who died and touchscreen consoles that call up their obituaries. BERLIN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A 96-year-old German woman who was caught shortly after going on the run ahead of a court hearing last month on charges of committing war crimes during World War Two. Give the truth to the youth. There were performances from the students, including a monologue that started off, "Dear Mr. President, I am a woman with three children and no food to eat." Here's what she said to the governor of California. Almost everybody we talked to made a point of mentioning it. Castlemont. That was cold. There'd been a huge earthquake in California the day before-- 6.7 magnitude. It was the first time she felt like someone-- an adult-- was publicly coming to their defense-- wasn't labeling them, didn't accuse them, or condescend towards them, or try to save them. Imagine a '90s era high school picture day. In a letter to The LA Times, a boardmember of the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue wrote, quote, "I feel angry that anyone old enough to understand the meaning of man's inhumanity to man could act as callous as these kids apparently acted." In 19321934 she worked in the office of Kazimierz Kulczyski, making architectural drawings.[3]. He tells me my family is welcome whenever the museum is open and leads me to a cramped, dark space but does not follow. And she lives in Oklahoma. Did it bum you out when you heard about this speech? She's the manager of historic and cultural preservation at the Muskogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma. This is called the reflection room. Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. Narrating the Holocaust book. Well, I won't count on your vote. It wasn't at the fact that she got shot. This piece goes into some detail about 9/11. The exhibition tells the story of one family's experiences during the Holocaust from the perspective of a boy growing up in Nazi Germany. That was cold.". I'm Ira Glass. And then they're like, ah, OK. You know? These plans were already in the works before the field trip happened, but where better to make the announcement than Castlemont High School? And when we were outside in front of the theater waiting on the bus to come back and pick us up, they told us we couldn't wait in front of the theater. I'm Ira Glass. 57 people died. Yeah. I can feel the sweat that went into making this not seem tacky, of wanting to show respect, but also wanting to show every last bit of carnage and visceral whomp to justify the $24 price of admission. So I went into the projection room and I told projectionist, I said, stop the film. We're kids, and you're adults. The events of the day have already been exploited and sold in ways previously incomprehensible. We understood this and respected it. School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Faculty Publications. We have all that. Quote, "I come here, brothers, to see the great house of Alabama and the men who make the laws and to say farewell in brotherly kindness before I go to the far West where my people are now going. I mean, to be quite honest, you have the governor there, Mr. Pete Wilson, who was also "Mr Budget-Cut Governor." They were anti-Semites. And what do you make-- what a strange speech to make, as you're being exiled, to the people who are exiling you. Diana works to help students find and understand the connections between the real world and the academic world. His sister, Shari, had died in the Twin Towers. Maafa is another word for the African Holocaust. I was bummed to read the speech mainly because I felt that it misrepresented the way that I felt and the way I know my family feels about removal or about assimilation. Some kids told Laura they heard Jews were the most racist group. And in both of these stories, what they learn is so different from the lessons that they are supposed to get from the past. When Spielberg tells you to do something, you do it. Why are documentaries like 'Shoah' and 'Night and Fog' considered acceptable by this rule, while 'Schindler's List' is not? That should only be in sex education, not on this screen. And I stopped by a store that was close by the school, and I looked down at the newspapers. Reiter Murdering someone for no reason is cold. And he wrote this for Buzzfeed back when the museum opened. I will see all his movies. She's the English and History teacher, and she organized a day-long black history teach-in, or African Holocaust Day. And it explains that the Trail of Tears led thousands of Creek Indians through Tuscaloosa, back when it was the capital of Alabama, on their way to the West as they were being driven from that part of the country. It's just when you're seeing it and you're looking at it, it's like, how do you cope with it? We were eased into it in a sense, lowered into the maw down a ramp along the original foundation of the towers-- girders and rubble and broken staircases among the ruins, an impossibly mangled hook-and-ladder truck, showroom parked. Another influential argument is that the movie presents a skewed view of the Holocaust, in that: I told Oskar that I did not have to like Ms. Klonowska. She has authored over forty articles and two books. Countless personal artifacts artfully destroyed. I have not done this, but I present a case number, which means the official from the medical examiner's office can indeed let me through. 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