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Northwest Herald covers upcoming speech for Woodstock Fine Arts Association at Woodstock Opera House
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/14/author-to-tell-mothers-holocaust-survival-story-in-woodstock/ab0613h/
Chicago Tribune reports on author’s school visit
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-dfr-author-visit-schumer-chapman-tl-1220-story.html?fbclid=IwAR34MeI6MacOTtmx-zNMtoSl-LZRVj0x4IHKdudSF_DTNrzQgBy-wxiZ3KU
Great to visit with Deerfield High School students who read IS IT NIGHT OR DAY?
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
Presentation at Deerfield High School. Students read IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? and we discussed how the book resonates with today’s issues — restrictive immigration, unaccompanied minors, and anti-Semitism. Thanks to English teacher Stephanie Martin for organizing the event.
CNN poll finds one-third of Europeans know little about Holocaust
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/opinions/anti-semitism-holocaust-education-intl/index.html?no-st=1543583357&fbclid=IwAR2W9gLlBv20M5NVPyd6rvHwn3EFvg0IvBctjOEeQWc0KCpWWuPZ4T-pFlc
Germany’s Sunday of the Dead
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
Today is Totensonntag in Germany — The Sunday of the Dead, a religious holiday in the German Evangelical Church dedicated to the memory of those who have passed away. Each year, a friend and her son remember my family by visiting the stolpersteine memorial stones that were installed in front of the old family home …