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Daily Herald covers school visit to Hannah Beardsley Middle School in Crystal Lake, IL
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190126/crystal-lake-eighth-graders-learn-history-firsthand-from-holocaust-survivor
FSC presents at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock IL
By Fern Schumer Chapman |
Last Thursday, as part of the Woodstock Fine Arts Association Creative Living Series, award-winning author Fern Schumer Chapman captivated the audience with an inspiring presentation. Fern shared the emotional story of her mother, Edith Westerfeld, who painfully fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and journeyed to America as an unaccompanied minor refugee. Fern then described Edith’s …
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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