BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:R-mMJPLjeFIZ8Vsma_uLI SUMMARY:Female Couriers during the Holocaust - Teacher Seminar DTSTAMP:20241223T043305Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240310 DESCRIPTION:In this session Orit Margoliot (independent researcher and educ ator) will present Yad Vashem’s Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holoc aust exhibition. The exhibition gives expression to the unique voice of Je wish women in the Holocaust: their choices and responses in the face of th e evil\, brutality and relentless hardship that they were forced to grappl e with. Spots of Light forms one of 10 ready2print exhibitions available f ree to educational institutions via Yad Vashem\, details will be provided during the workshop.\n\nShlomit Steiner (Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies) will explore the story of female couriers (kashari yot) during the Holocaust. The kashariyot were young Jewish women who unde rtook dangerous missions across German-occupied Eastern Europe. Adopting f alse identities\, they transported documents\, underground newspapers\, fo rged documents\, money\, weapons and ammunition in and out of the ghettos of Poland\, Lithuania\, and parts of Russia.\n URL:https://www.het.org.uk/education/teacher-training/teacher-study-seminar s LOCATION:online ORGANIZER;CN=Holocaust Educational Trust END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR