this event was part of a greensburg community high school program in greensburg, indiana. it is 1 hour and 15 minutes. >>> welcome to greensburg community high school in goddard auditorium. i grant peters, principal of greenberg community heiskell. we are flattered to have everyone here for our annual chautauqua program, and we are very excited about this year's guest. at this time, but like to welcome mr. john pratt up to the stage to begin our program today. >>> good morning. on october 19, 2018, a philadelphia newspaper ran an opinion article entitled, why we need a holocaust education, now more than ever. according to the inside defamation league, anti-somatic incidents rose nearly 60% between 2016-2017. the largest single year job the organization has ever recorded. understanding how and why the holocaust occurred helps to demonstrate, not only the horrors that humans are capable of, and desperate conditions, but also the hope that can survive even the most terrifying trauma. teaching students about the holocaust shows the dangers of prejudice, and how dehumanization

this event was part of the greensburg immunity high school program in greensburg indiana. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> will come to greensburg community high school goddard auditorium. we are flattered to have everyone here for our annual program. we are excited about this year's guest. i would like to welcome john -- to thehe stage who stage to begin our program today. >> good morning. 2018 aber 19, philadelphia newspaper ran an opinion article entitled why we need holocaust education now more than ever. according to the anti-defamation league, anti-semitic incidents 2016 andly 60% between 2017. the largest single jump the organization has ever recorded. understanding how and why the holocaust occurred helps to demonstrate not only the horrors that humans are capable of in conditions conditions but also the hope that can survive even the most terrifying comments. teaching students about the holocaust shows the dangers and prejudice and how daemon -- howation dehumanization and scapegoating are used to advance the agenda. it's one thing to hear about it in the his

this event was part of a greensburg community high school program in greensburg, indiana. it is 1 hour and 15 minutes. >>> welcome to greensburg community high school in goddard auditorium. i grant peters, principal of greenberg community heiskell. we are flattered to have everyone here for our annual chautauqua program, and we are very excited about this year's guest. at this time, but like to welcome mr. john at

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i'm bryce mccolla, a senior here at greensburg high school. not only did you lose your mom, but you also lost your brother. in the letter, it says time heals. i have heard this a lot. with your experience, do you feel that this is true? >> could you repeat that? >> not only did you lose your mom, but you also lost your brother. >> yes. >> in the letter, it says time heals. i have heard this a lot. with your experience, do you feel that this statement is true? that time heals? >> that it is true? >> yes do you feel that that is true? >> the time, okay, i'm sorry, i didn't hear, okay. no, it doesn't heal. well, it's true, it is partially true, it doesn't heal, it's a difficult question. it's partially true. it doesn't heal everything. there is an interesting mental scenario that i go through every day, almost every day, that is that the flashback, what i call the flashbacks, where i will see a mother with two children, and i immediately recognize the fact that gee, how lucky these kids are, these 15 or 16-year-old boys are, and girls, to have th

this event was part of a community high school program in greensburg, indiana. it's an hour and 15 minutes. >> we're flattered to have everyone here for our annual program and we're very excited about this year's guests. i'd like to welcome john pratt up to the stage to begin our program today.