Working to Make a Difference ─ The Personal and Pedagogical Stories of Holocaust Educators Across the Globe

Presents nine personal essays written by noted Holocaust educators working in or with Holocaust museums, resource centers, or educational organizations in the US, UK, Israel, Canada, South Africa, Germany, and Poland. Each essay explores the birth and evolution of the authors' own thought and work in the field, including discussion of the people and texts that have most inspired them, the frustrations they have faced, their perceptions of the filed, their contributions and current endeavors, and the legacy they hope to leave. Lacks a subject index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Samuel Totten is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He is editor ofTeaching Holocaust Literature(2002) and coeditor ofTeaching and Studying about the Holocaust(2001).