Lynne’s Generations Presentation
Reaching Across an Ocean shares the efforts taken by a Jewish couple who decide to bring a Jewish child from an orphanage in Germany to the United States in 1938. The obstacles on both sides of the Atlantic are challenging and help students realize that leaving a country under Nazi control was not simple or even feasible.
Dora’s Story reveals the choiceless choices families and individuals were forced to make under the Nazi regime. This is the story of one family in Poland who were rounded up and separated. Two sisters and their father are sent to Auschwitz. Dora’s Story shows how antisemitism did not end with the Holocaust.
Together and Apart shares the experiences of one family in Poland. The family is forced into a ghetto, but imminent liquidation to Auschwitz places them in the untenable position of having to consider hiding their child with a non-Jewish family while they join the resistance. The choices made by a variety of non-Jewish individuals show the impact and cost of doing what is right.
About Lynne
Lynne Rosenbaum Ravas taught English and math on the secondary level for thirty-one years and has been a Holocaust educator for over forty-seven years. After moving to the Pittsburgh area, she became a volunteer for the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and a speaker for the Center’s Generations Program. She shares survivors’ stories pertaining to hidden children, the Jewish Resistance, Kristallnacht, choiceless choices, and other aspects of life during the Holocaust. Lynne serves as a facilitator for Echoes & Reflections and is a Museum Teacher Fellow with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Class of 2010-2011. She has worked with the Federal Executive Board’s Hate Crimes Working Group, the FBI’s Citizens’ Academy, and various organizations, schools, and civic groups.