"I Am A Star: A Child's Story of Survival"

2017 Knoxville Tennessee Conference 

The Tennessee Holocaust Commission (THC) is proud to announce the 2017 Knoxville Holocaust Education Conference which will take place on Friday, October 6, 2017 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) at the Sarah Simpson Professional Development Technology Center, 801 Tipton Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920.

This year’s program will feature child survivor Inge Auerbacher, a survivor of Theresienstadt. Inge was born in Germany and spent her life between the ages of 7 and 10 in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Only 1 percent of the 15,000 children there survived. As a Holocaust survivor her spirit and achievements are truly remarkable.

This one-day conference is open to the public and specifically designed for middle and high school teachers to provide them with additional knowledge and resources about the Holocaust. Educators are encouraged to identify mature students to accompany them to the all day workshop for hands-on activities and interaction with survivors and educators in the field of Holocaust studies.  

• Parking: Parking is free and available at the Sarah Simpson Professional Development Center.

Please familiarize yourself and your students with all of the educational links found in the panel on the left.