What is IWitness?
Over 1,300 video testimonies, multimedia activities, digital resources – the place to participate actively in learning.
Connects
students with the past
Engages
them in the present
Motivates
them to build a better future
Featured Educator: Bobbie Downs
Bobbie Downs saw firsthand how genocide affects people when she taught Sudanese refugees in Cairo, and she expanded on this knowledge when she joined survivors, educators, students and thousands of others who attended the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27.
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Featured Activity: Writing in Exile
Celebrate Women’s History Month with your students this March, and learn about the poetry of Lotte Kramer, a German Jew who was placed on the Kindertransport in 1939 and who writes about themes such as exile, family, identity and memory. Students develop important 21st century skills as well as literary analysis, writing and listening and communication skills.
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2015 IWitness Video Challenge Underway
Deadline for student video essay contest: May 8
Teachers
Challenge your students to create positive value in their communities as inspired by the testimonies in IWitness
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Auschwitz: The Past is Present global campaign
In support of the observance of the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 2015, this campaign engages a new generation in awareness, remembrance and community building.
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