Colo., Neb. students learn lessons of Holocaust during D.C. visit
Submitted on March 30, 2006 - 1:00am.
Danielle Trusso - Spring 2006
WASHINGTON – The Colorado and Nebraska teenagers gathered in front of a 20-foot-tall photograph of American soldiers viewing corpses of prisoners shot by retreating Nazis at the Ohrdruf concentration camp.
“My heart stopped at that first picture,” said Abi Waldman, a 16-year-old sophomore at Thornton High School.
She was one of 20 Colorado students chosen from 17 high schools to participate in the annual Anti-Defamation League Robert B. Sturm Youth Leadership Mission. Students visit the capital for four days to learn about prejudice, discrimination and oppression. Twenty Nebraska students were also part of the group.
“My heart stopped at that first picture,” said Abi Waldman, a 16-year-old sophomore at Thornton High School.
She was one of 20 Colorado students chosen from 17 high schools to participate in the annual Anti-Defamation League Robert B. Sturm Youth Leadership Mission. Students visit the capital for four days to learn about prejudice, discrimination and oppression. Twenty Nebraska students were also part of the group.
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