{"id":5535,"date":"2017-04-06T13:23:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smithtowntodaynews.com\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2017-04-06T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:23:36","slug":"holocaust-remembrance-genocide-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithtowntodaynews.com\/holocaust-remembrance-genocide-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smithtown East Students learn the powerful message of tolerance and courage from Holocaust survivor, Werner Reich and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rwandan genocide survivor, Joseph Sebarenzi<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smithtown High School East Social Studies students devoted an entire day to peace, hope and tolerance in honor of Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, April 5the, the entire social studies student body met with \u00a0Smithtown resident and Holocaust survivor, Werner Reich during the first part of the days activities. Reich educated students about his life in concentration camps, using his oppressive experience to teach the students how to take action in a situation. Werner Reich is one of 17,000 survivors out of 141,000 imprisoned in the Terezin concentration camp. He now teaches students throughout Long Island, the importance of standing up to cruel acts, through his testimony. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the afternoon session, the former President of Parliament, author and Rwandan genocide survivor, Joseph Sebarenzi spoke with students about his survival through civil wars and genocide in Rwanda. Sebarenzi\u2019s parents, seven siblings and countless other family members were among the 800,000 Tutsi murdered over the course of 90 days in 1994 in Rwanda. Sebarenzi\u2019s book \u201cGod Sleeps in Rwanda\u201d recalls his survival but also provides insight about conflict prevention and reconciliation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Students then watched films such as \u201cThe Killing Fields\u201d on Cambodian genocide, \u201cHotel Rwanda\u201d on the Rwandan genocide and \u201cDevil Came on Horseback\u201d about the genocide in Darfur during the classroom activities portion. They were then asked to write a reaction essay on how they could choose an escape route if they were in Syria during its conflict. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithtown East Students learn the powerful message of tolerance and courage from Holocaust survivor, Werner Reich and Rwandan genocide survivor, Joseph Sebarenzi Smithtown High School East Social Studies students devoted an entire day to peace, hope and tolerance in honor of Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Day. 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