An Exceptional Opportunity

An Exceptional Opportunity

Last week, the Year 12 Modern History class visited the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre as part of their study about Germany and the Holocaust. In addition to a wide range of historical artefacts and firsthand accounts, the Museum encourages critical thinking and the importance of being an ‘upstander’ to promote human rights for all of humanity. The Year 12 students were particularly lucky to have the opportunity to meet with Holocaust survivor, Andrew Steiner. They found his message about the ‘power of one’ particularly poignant. Andrew explained how the actions of an individual can have profound effects on others, with either positive or negative consequences. From this, the students took away the message that we should use our influence, no matter how small, to make positive change in our world.

Ms Elizabeth Heuzenroeder
Senior Modern History Teacher

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