Saints and Liars

An interview with the author

Long before their country joined the war, American aid workers undertook rescue efforts abroad.

Who were these women and men who sought to save lives?

Saints and Liars tells their stories and, exploring their experiences, illuminates the moral questions they encountered, the devastating decisions they had to make, and the role of unpredictable and irrational factors on the ground in shaping individual fates.

Dr. Debórah Dwork is the Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She headed the first doctoral program devoted to Holocaust and genocide education and is a leading authority on university education in this field. Before Saints and Liars, Dr. Dwork authored a number of other books that weave the narrative of Holocaust survivors into history.

Arthur Berger will interview Dr. Dwork. He is the former Director of External Affairs and Communications at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and a member of the TOLI Board of Directors.

International Seminars Kicked Off in Greece

We were pleased to launch our 2025 international seminar season this week with a program in Athens, Greece.  Under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sport, the four-day program was organized in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Greece which hosted the opening reception and dinner and provided tours of its beautiful museum. This was our seventh annual seminar held there.

Thirty teachers from across Greece attended programming at our partner organization, the Goethe Institute, and learned from experts about the Holocaust in Europe; Romaniote and Sephardic Jews in Greece; addressed topics on contemporary antisemitism and how stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination can take hold in a society; as well as focused on the disturbing trend of Holocaust distortion, including Holocaust inversion and ways to counter it.  They were also moved by a presentation from Alexandros Simcha, a hidden child during the occupation of Athens. 

We look forward to our upcoming European seminars in Serbia, Lithuania, Albania, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, Ukraine, and Moldova, as well as to launching our first program in Mexico City. 

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Special Opportunities for Educators in California and Florida

The Glazer Grant for California Educators to Advance Holocaust & Human Rights Education

This grant offers subsidized travel and lodging for middle school or high school teachers in California to attend any TOLI seminar being offered this summer in the US. Simply apply to the seminar of your choice, and check the "Glazer Grant" box on the application form.

Florida Educator Scholarship in Honor and Remembrance of Toshimi Abe-Janiga

We were devastated by the unexpected and heartbreaking loss of TOLI teacher Toshimi Abe-Janiga of Palm Beach, Florida. To honor Toshimi’s memory, TOLI is funding the travel, housing, and seminar expenses for two middle school, high school, or college teachers in Florida to attend any US seminar.

The Olga Lengyel Institute, based in New York, is a recognized leader of professional development in Holocaust and human rights for teachers throughout the US and Europe. Inspired by the legacy and work of Olga Lengyel, author of “Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor’s True Story of Auschwitz,” TOLI empowers teachers to make Holocaust education relevant for today's students.