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Holocaust Education Week: Manatee schools host survivor testimony and urge use of classroom resources
School Board of Manatee County · November 10, 2025
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School district educators and Jewish Federation partners highlighted Holocaust Education Week resources and introduced 98‑year‑old survivor Jeanette 'Gigi' Hirsch, who urged schools to invite survivors to speak so students remember the Holocaust.
At the Nov. 10 meeting the board heard a presentation on Holocaust Education Week and a brief testimony from Holocaust survivor Jeanette “Gigi” Hirsch.
Joe Baker, a teacher from Buffalo Creek Middle School, described classroom uses of local and statewide resources, credited partners at the Jewish Federation of Sarasota and Manatee for…
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