Gillian Pergament

Gillian Pergament

Gillian Pergament Middleton, MA Gann Academy When I accepted the commitment to become a Holocaust Legacy Fellow, I knew that my personal knowledge and experience of learning about the Holocaust had been patchy, even attending a Jewish High School, and having never...
Danny Richmond

Danny Richmond

Danny Richmond Needham, MA Needham High School   Words cannot come close to encompassing how impactful this trip was on me and how much I learned from it. I will do my best to express some of the ways the Holocaust Legacy Fellows trip impacted me. I always felt...
Mitchell Robson

Mitchell Robson

Mitchell Robson Marblehead, MA St. John’s Preparatory   Over the course of my nine or so days in Germany and Poland, I reflected a lot both individually and with the group about why we are here as Holocaust Legacy Fellows; it really all boils down to the idea of...
Jonah Schwartz

Jonah Schwartz

Jonah Schwartz Framingham, MA Gann Academy   The mission statement of the Holocaust Legacy Fellows is to preserve and perpetuate the memories and lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. During the week and a half trip, starting in Berlin, Germany, and...
Victoria Veksler

Victoria Veksler

Victoria Veksler Marblehead, MA Marblehead High School   Telling friends and family about my experiences in Poland, not many were ready listeners. They know about the Holocaust, they have studied it in classrooms, read books, or even heard presenters talk about...