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Senior Teaches Freshmen about Holocaust

Senior Lucy Schneider taught English teacher Mark Beyreis’ freshman class about the Holocaust and how it related to their reading of “The Magic Barrel,” a collection of short stories by author Bernard Malamud. “There are multiple things that Jews struggle with. The Holocaust plays one part in that overall struggle,” Schneider said. For two years, Schneider has been completing an independent study on generational Holocaust survivors. Beyreis has been working on it with her and called it one of the most exciting parts of his career. For the class, she led them through passages from the collection and pointed out common traits among survivors, such as survivor’s guilt and a commitment to continuing the Jewish legacy. “I continue to tell my grandparents’ story because one day they won’t be able to,” Schneider said.