Janet Singer Applefield

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70 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2024 last heard Aug 2024

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Let's Talk Legacy · Finding Myself in the Holocaust, with Janet Singer Applefield · 21 Aug 2024 podcast

I admit they're very difficult, but I think it's important to speak with children because I remember in my situation, my parents did not explain what was going on. I just knew something terrible and dangerous was happening because they were crying. They were whispering because they didn't want me to know what was happening.

So I think it's important for children to have some explanation of what's happening. And the conversation has to be geared to the appropriate age. The language has to be correct so that the children are not frightened. I think it has to be a conversation that ends with some hopefulness, And that is not very negative, even though events in our news is very negative.

We still have to be careful how we speak to our children.

Well, I'm very honored and proud because I was invited to speak to the Massachusetts state legislature in 2021. Right after that, a law was passed, genocide education mandate, to provide this education to all middle schools and high schools. So only 23 states in our country have passed such laws. So I'm very proud of that.

It's that have banned books that teach important subjects.

Yeah.

Thank you. I think it's important to be informed, to be proactive, to be kind, and do as much as one can to promote social justice.

I have a website, JanetApplefield.com, and I'm on social media, Facebook and Instagram, and that handle is at JanetApplefield. And through the website, the book is available on Amazon and on Barnes & Noble and all the other bookstores.

Oh, thank you so much.

Thank you so much for having me.

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