Second grade class of the Y.L. Peretz (Yiddish) school in  Brussels (#88096)

Date: before 1939

Photo Credit: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives

Photographer:  No photographer recorded

Photo description

Second grade class of the Y.L. Peretz (Yiddish) school in Brussels.

Teachers should expose students to some of the cultural contributions and achievements of the Jews living in Europe and help students balance their perception of Jews as victims.  As this picture illustrates, the Jewish people had a vibrant culture and long history in Europe prior to the Nazi era, and the Holocaust traumatically disrupted every aspect of their lives prior to the war, including their studies.