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Morris Ploscowe was a graduate of Harvard law school who served as chief clerk of the Court of Special Sessions, and later as magistrate, in New York City. Ploscowe also served on the staff of the Wickersham Commission that investigated Prohibition… [more]

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Joanna B. Michlic

To enable students to go beyond the facts and details of the Holocaust, children's testimonies provide a fuller understanding of the complexity of war and genocide and provide an unusual angle of vision into childhood, the family, everyday life, and survival, giving students a child-centered view in which young people were not only victims and witnesses, but also historical agents. echo [more]