Holocaust Survivor Sami Steigman Speaks to History Classes
by Ethan Pennington
Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann speaks to schools about his life during the Second World War. He also happens to attend the same synagogue as 9th grader James Crovitz, a student in one of my two ninth-grade classes. Sami was gracious enough to give a presentation to 9th and 10th grade history classes on Zoom to tell his story and share his hopeful message. Sami lived with his parents from 1941-1944 in Ukraine at the Mogilev-Podolsky labor camp, in an area called Transnistria. Sami’s presentation enabled 9th graders to ask urgent questions about his transformative experience and process his message of positive thinking, resilience, and determination.
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Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann speaks to schools about his life during the Second World War. He also happens to attend the same synagogue as 9th grader James Crovitz, a student in one of my two ninth-grade classes. Sami was gracious enough to give a presentation to 9th and 10th grade history classes on Zoom to tell his story and share his hopeful message. Sami lived with his parents from 1941-1944 in Ukraine at the Mogilev-Podolsky labor camp, in an area called Transnistria. Sami’s presentation enabled 9th graders to ask urgent questions about his transformative experience and process his message of positive thinking, resilience, and determination.
