Los Angeles, CA, January 24, 2005 ... A four-part series, “The
Relevance of Teaching the Holocaust in the 21st Century,” will
be held for educators and community members on four consecutive
Thursday evenings, January 27, February 3, 10 and 17, 4:00-8:00
p.m., presented by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Simon
Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance and the Center for
Excellence on the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human
Rights, and Tolerance, in partnership with the Los Angeles
Museum of the Holocaust and in cooperation with the Los Angeles
Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles. This is
the 22nd annual teacher-training workshop presented by ADL and
commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
and the end of Nazi tyranny. This workshop offers unique
opportunities to learn from distinguished scholars, educators,
arts and technology specialists and survivors’ eyewitness
counts. While it is designed for middle and high school levels,
elementary school teachers will al