Coming up next week in OTF Connects - Auschwitz Virtual Tour Join us for this exciting webinar!   Registration is limited, so register right away to avoid disappointment!     Auschwitz Virtual Tour Wednesday, November 10, 2021:  4:30 - 6:00 pm Jerzy Wójcik   While COVID-19 may have prevented travel to historical sites around the world, the virtual space has opened up to give viewers an alternative and unique perspective. November 9 – 10, 2021 marks the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass and we invite you to join Jerzy Wójcik, a guide at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum for over 14 years, who has created an innovative and immersive virtual program that is not just a guided tour, but a narrated history. The online experience includes visiting the place as it is today and as it was 80 years ago. The combination of drone recordings, 3D applications, historical pictures and footage creates an extraordinary learning experience. This webinar is presented in partnership with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies.

Jerzy Wójcik  Jerzy Wójcik was born in the town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz), Poland. A graduate of the International Relations as well as Middle and Far East programs at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, he was, in 2010, awarded a PhD in political science. For a number of years, he has been working with several organizations and institutions in Poland: among others, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, the Jagiellonian University Center for Holocaust Studies in Krakow, the Center for International Relations in Warsaw, and the European Association of Israel Studies. Since 2015 he runs the Holocaust Memorial Partnership.   Register now! OTF Connects calendar   Keep watching for news of additional sessions to be offered this fall.   Offered each week from November 2 to December 9, 2021, OTF’s newest series of webinars features tips and tools to support you and your students on your journey to better understand racism and how we all can work to confront and combat it, across divisions and subject areas. Our easy-to-use webinar platform provides you with free, effective professional learning accessible–from a distance–across multiple types of devices. You will leave each session with strategies and tools you can transfer to your own learning context. Registration for each webinar is limited, so sign up early to avoid disappointment.