Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff

Biographical information
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff fled Nazi Europe in 1941 with her family when she was a small child. She has studied at Yad Vashem, the International Center for Holocaust Studies in Israel and is a graduate of the prestigious international Vladka Meed Teacher's Program. Dr. Klein Kassenoff is the Director of the Holocaust Teachers Institute at the University of Miami, where she serves as an adjunct professor/lecturer as well as the Education Specialist for Holocaust Studies for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Miriam is a frequent speaker and presenter on Holocaust education at conferences and workshops nationwide and has co-authored, with Dr. Anita Meinbach, "Memories of the Night" Studies of the Holocaust; Studying the Holocaust through Film and Literature and The Grolier Teacher's Study Guide on Holocaust Studies. She has been honored as Israel Bonds "Woman of the Year Honoree 2000" in Miami, and was also named as one of the "Women of the Year 2002" by the Miami City Commission. She is an appointee on the Governor's Florida Task Force for Holocaust Education.

Discussion topics

• The Power of Perseverance - A touching and humanistic visual presentation on children who were saved during the Holocaust by Christians, how they persevered, and where they are today.
• One Family's Unique Escape from the Holocaust -- Hiding and running from the Nazis for three months, Miriam's family escapes from Kosice, Slovakia to Lisbon, Portugal in 1941. In a race against time, Miriam and her family must board a waiting ship that will save their lives. How will they surmount the obstacles that await them as they cross each Nazi -occupied border? This is a new talk on the Nazi Holocaust with never-before documented information on the subject of Jewish rescue during the Holocaust - a keynote talk which has been getting standing ovations.
• The Holocaust through Film - A visual lecture featuring brief 6-minute excerpts from classic Holocaust made documentaries and Hollywood films. Engages the audience in powerful and meaningful discussions.
• The Holocaust through Literature - An informative lecture on various pieces of literature, with interactive discussion on excerpts and meanings for our society today.
• Teacher Training Institutes - Miriam is available to consult on establishing an institute at your university or community as well as to present and do the teacher training.
• Also - Christian Rescue During the Holocaust; Women in the Holocaust (topics from her new book, Studying the Holocaust through Film and Literature).

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