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URL:https://www.etzchaimnj.org/events/oneg-with-u-s-cadets-sharing-their-r
 eflections-on-holocaust-education/
SUMMARY:Fri Night Oneg with U.S. Air Force Cadets Sharing their Reflections
  on Holocaust Education
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE FOR THE CADET'S TRIP REFLECTIONS \n\n\n\n"Th
 e vision for our trip this summer was to maximize cadet participation and 
 to align it with the Holocaust course taught in the spring. We visited l
 ocales of Jewish life prior to the Holocaust\, as well as museums\, memori
 als\, and sites such as Auschwitz-Birkenau\, Treblinka\, Lublin\, Majdanek
 \, and the Warsaw Ghetto. As part of their preparation\, the cadets read S
 am Halpern's Darkness and Hope\, and Doris Bergen’s War and Genocide
 . Cadets  will take critical lessons gained from this trip into their 
 careers as officers\, informing their leadership and their knowledge of co
 ntemporary crises.  \nOur intentionality regarding Holocaust education a
 t the US Air Force Academy is multifaceted. Our commitment is to teach cad
 ets about the Holocaust and represent the voices of those who fought and p
 erished. In addition\, we are acutely aware that genocides are ongoing and
  that our mission is to educate future military officers. Of great importa
 nce is helping cadets understand the crucial role that militaries play i
 n ending mass violence. Not only will they be able to recognize and preven
 t such atrocities\, but they will also influence policy that protects demo
 cracy and human rights within the Department of Defense and with domestic 
 and international partners. \nOur trip this summer is the anchor to the H
 istory Department's expanding Holocaust programming. Among our current o
 pportunities is a cadet summer research program at the University of Texas
 ' Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies. We also host a workshop on the Ho
 locaust\, Genocide\, and Prevention of Mass Atrocities with the US Holoc
 aust Memorial Museum and facilitate a survivor testimony for cadets taking
  the Holocaust course. In addition\, we will be running a multidisciplinar
 y academic conference\, co-hosted with UT-Dallas. The conference\, which w
 ill be held at the Academy in October 2023\, is entitled "War\, the Holo
 caust\, and Human Rights." It will bring together thinkers\, scholars\, an
 d community members from across the US\, and cadets will be involved in me
 aningful ways. The History Department is excited to develop additional opp
 ortunities as we move forward\, enabling as many cadets as possible to gai
 n these critical lessons and tools. We are creating a community of thinker
 s and engaged leaders who will act decisively when faced with threats to h
 umanity. " \n 
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