Program Type:
Special EventsAge Group:
Tween & Teen (Gr. 4-12)Program Description
Event Details
Join member of the Iowa Holocaust Council and educator Brad Wilkening as he talks about Lessons of the Holocaust at the Ankeny Kirkendall Library.
Wilkening will address how people can apply lessons of the Holocaust in today’s world where immoral acts are still happening. Wilkening finds the need for Holocaust education and the lessons people can learn from it more relevant now than ever His goal is to teach people that they need to create a safer more caring environment.
Wilkening’s presentation will have 20 minutes of how he got involved in studying the Holocaust and the history. Then 20 minutes of stories from survivors and a 20 minute video of Wilkening talking to a survivor. There will be time at the end of the program to ask questions and make comments.