In 1945, while the world was recovering from its second great war, students in a Chester High School German class were gaining unexpected insight into the horrors of the Holocaust from a survivor of one of the Nazi death camps.They were the students of Gertrude Weaver, a 1938 Swarthmore College graduate and a Quaker whose humanitarian effort evolved into both a German language lesson and an intense tutorial about the harsh realities of war.
Hard Lessons: Letters From Nazi Prison Camp Survivor Taught Students At Chester High School In 1940s About Holocaust
Patti Mengers, Delaware County Daily Times
Sun, 11/23/2014 - 8:26pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Pennsylvania Delaware County Chester
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