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SS chool board is reviewing uHolocaust studies foliowing Lre cent letters of complaints By TIM WHITNELL Special to The Champion A handful of letters protesting a Holocaust sur- vivor's address to a grade 8 classroomn has prompted the Halton Catholic District School Board to consider reviewing a study unit on the subject. Frank Junger said he oniy tries t0 inform, not preach, about Use dark lime in world history, in hopes of convmncing others Usat a repeat of Use tragedy he Iived through must be avoided. That's why Use 71 -year-old Auschwitz survivor expressed sor- row and some anger when told Usas a speech he made 10 a group of grade 8 students in Burlington late lasI year was met with ai leasI six letters decrying bis words, denouncnig Use Halton Catholie District Sehool Board and, most horrifying 10 Mr. Junger, denying Use existence of Use Holocaust. "I have Iived wiUs Ibis every sin- gle day of every moment. Any (suggestion) Usas il didn't happen is absolutely ludicrous." Meanwbile, Use achool board UsaI invited Mr. Junger 10 speak 10 stu- "WNe object very strongy that I such Young kids, as in this with the awful thiups dents wsll review ils Holocaust study unit t0 ensure people of ail nationalities are respected. While the number of letters; received may seem relatively small, Useir content and insinua- tions boUser the sehool board's Education Director Lou Piovetan, who said he's obliged 10 respond bo Use letter writers. "Our position was flot 10 promote hatred or racismn or bigotiy - just the opposite," he stressed. "It sup- plements the study of the Diary of Anne Frank' by grade 8s," he said. "If il (war stories) was done on ils own 1 might agree il's too mature (ini subject matter), but il was done in context. 1 think the stu- dents had a better understanding of it." Stili, Mr. Piovesan suid an administrative review of how that particular study unit is delivered 10, studenta is in order. "We will be reviewing il 10 make sure we are promoting policies of respect for nationalities," he said. A one-page letter addretsed 10 Wr Piovesan and aigned by Erhard Matthaei, president of the Trans- Canada Alliance of German- Canadians of Ayr, Ont., didn't deny the Holocaust but questioneri the method and rationale for Use study unit. 1IWe object very strongly that in such an emotional way young kids, as in tbis case, are bombarded with the awful things Use "Germans" have done. You as a prime educator will know which imprint such blood-thirsty stories wsll do to Use 12 and 13-year-old youngsters. Without a doubt, such kids wiil go home and sce al Germans as killers. ese. METHODS on page 21 "I 6,îp e e 0 de 1 îoair. ,,Onfekio Co757PI, st#106 onjy 271 6."" imwBpo 7 pwî ' 3cirt auto, st#94 4,,0okm st4 ,,,6,'2 Mom cruiser leatier $1398j7. Optimum Used Vehicles sold w/ 3 months. 5,000 km warraîty, 150 point inspection plis mriidîil ansistance- 10DL = One Owner Vehicle 4d, V6, p d p ,Ioadd, 4d, V6, px, Pl,tilt, Listded,V6,Outii, beaihr yodd -Z1 87, Oo5kiii liaded. Pl, tilt. iP9 ony 9001 t2220 s#1585098 s#l 368A $562 \.$18,922_/ý $11,982. $139$19,92 1# (ks 148A 6992.t P'î, $18 792 . $18 923. 2001 Oldismobile 2001 Pontiac 2001 Che199yM Aro Grand Amn Matîbu,, Safar SiT Aeo 4dr, V6, auto, air, idr' auto ail V6, pw, pl, tht crse IdTp \,i ý,p i w, pl tit, crac, 1,1 pl thI,1e oaded. P1986 i (1( lodd ,90 oalei.l P945 loaded, 1 7 $17,987 $18,995 $18,995 $18,976 1998 GMC 2000 LvSabre 1999 Chev. 31 Ibn~ 2000 Chev Safari SLT Cus.tom Piekup Ext Malibu I ' V6p-,plciae8 I~ .1 [.11 ,1- V8 autoair 'idi PI ' sý pass, pseat, Ioaded. il,"' P197 -I P1985. 7'16 $18,976 $23,995 $29,954 S6,9 2000 Pontiace 1999 Buick 1999 Pontiac 199But Grand Prix GT Regal LS Sunfire Regal LS ýIaî 1,, pi tr 4dr, V6,air, pw, pl, tit, dr V6, pw, pl, tilt, crie, tiit htd, teather, moonroof air. atoo ctrtified heated, leather seits' l oaded 10L. P1938A 1922A roof 10L. P1953A $231!995 $18,982 $999 $19,982 1995 Mnu 1999 Ruick 1999 Chev 1999 Chev 4dYL1 Regal LS MaiuCavalier 5spd, air, pw, pl, tht, Idr iii o a- % 4P-P dr VIS, auto, air, cd,. 2-dr, air, atito. 10iL keylesacdloaded. tt I-ii P1963 lotird 1031, PlitO') loaded. 10L 128377A P1977A $11.984 $19,922 $13,972 $10,962 1999 Pontiar 1999 Chev 1998 Ruick 1998 Pontiac Sunfire Malibu Century Custom Grand AMd Idr, ato, a. rtiott 4dr, pw, pl, tit, cirse, 4d I s iti , 2dr, 4 cyl, auto, air. start 34638:3lA 1 0L loaded. P1983 lottieti 711 t 101,It 264789A $11,986 $14,972 $13,995 $10,982 1997 Buick 2001 Cadiilac 2000 GMC 2000 Chev LeSabre Custom ~Deville Sonoma sLs 1/2 Ton Ex t. Cab 4dr, V6, pw, pl, tt, lOL cin p-ipl, ,t t, 4 cyi, 5spd, air, pi il te, ai dw loaded. 238750A. iii, ýi 1it000 kit,, cl9ii feoder aide. P1912 p t'ai ltttd, d Pt196t $13,986 $44,998 $15,987 $34,995 BUiCKMILTON W,"O -5 TiLUtS. 9:0 Amît - 9 0P IFI & £ p T. St 00 hOPm