In this clip from her 2019 interview with Dr. Stephen Smith, Ivy Schamis, an educator at Parkland High School, stresses the value of Holocaust education.
Listen to Ivy reflect on the importance of reaching out after an act of violence.
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"I was teaching a Holocaust Studies course at MSD on February 14, 2018 in room 1214 on the first floor of the 1200 building, when a former MSD student began to shoot up our school." Read Ivy's perspective on "Who is a Survivor?"
“Nothing compares to eyewitness accounts,” Schamis said. “The students get a better feel for the survivor or liberator when they hear their own words and see their body language. It is very inspiring.” Starting five years prior to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Ivy Schamis taught a year-long course on the Holocaust.
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View Ivy's full testimony, recorded Nov. 2019.