Events
2022 Events
February, 2022: Hill Havurah, Washington D.C.
March, 2022: Presentation at Cabin John Middle School, Potomac, MD
March, 2022: USHMM presentation, Washington D.C.
April, 2022: Russell County Middle School, Russell Springs KY
April, 2022: Pendale Middle School, Lansdale, PA
April, 2022: Columbus Prep, Columbus, OH
May, 2022: Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School, Newark, NJ
May, 2022: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Lansdale, PA
May, 2022: Sterling Middle School, Sterling, VA
2021 Events
January 10, 2021: Discussion of A Boy's Journey at West End Synagogue, New York, New York
January 27, 2021: Commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day at Central Community College, Grand Island, Nebraska
February 8, 2021: Presentation for 300 eighth graders studying Nazi ideology and the rise of Hitler before reading The Diary of Anne Frank, Sawtooth Middle School, Idaho
March 4, 2021: Presentation for 100 eighth grade students at Canyon Breeze Elementary School, Avondale, Arizona
March 4, 2021: Presentation for students in a course "The Process of Hate and the Holocaust" at The Weber School: A Jewish Day School in Atlanta, GA.
March 18, 2021: The US Air Force Academy, Professional Leadership Dept. at USHMM
April 7: Discussion of a A Boy's Journey at the History and Biography group at Capital Hill Village, Washington, DC
April 13,2021: Lecture about the Holocaust and other genocides for a Multicultural Affairs program at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
2020 events:
October 26, 2020: “Public Sociology and Civic Engagement” virtual presentation at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ
October 16, 2020: “One Boy’s Experiences in Nazi-Occupied Prague during the Holocaust” virtual presentation at the Jewish Community Center in Durham, NC
October 6, 2020: “Surviving the Holocaust in Nazi-Occupied Prague” virtual presentation at Capitol Hill Village in Washington, D.C.
September 24, 2020: “One Boy’s Experiences in Nazi-Occupied Prague during the Holocaust” virtual presentation at the University of North Carolina
June 10, 2020: Virtual event at The Ethical Community Charter School in Jersey City, NJ
May 21, 2020: Virtual speaking event for 8th grade group at Forcey Christian School in Silver Spring, MD
May 3, 2020: Literary Hill Virtual Bookfest
March 2020: Middle school group talk at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
February 28, 2020: Presented “Biography, Trauma and the Sociological Eye” at the Eastern Sociological Society meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Events:
November 2019: “Giving Thanks for a Second Chance at Life in America,” at the Arlington Central Library, sponsored by Encore Learning and the Arlington Public Library
September and October 2019: Peter gave presentations about the Holocaust at the University of North Carolina; NC State; Wm. Paterson U. and Drew University.
June 24, 2019: A Boy’s Journey reading at Flyleaf Books
Holocaust Presentations
2018 - Present
Peter serves as a volunteer survivor, giving presentations to school and adult groups for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C.
2008 - 2018
Peter developed programs for schools, colleges, universities and civic organizations, including the following:
University of North Carolina, Duke University, NC State, Fordham, Penn State, Dennison, Meredith College, Drew University, LaGuardia Community College
Chapel Hill-Durham Holocaust Speaker’s Bureau
2013-2016:
NC Council on the Holocaust, Holocaust Scholar: Peter developed state-wide workshops on the “History of the Holocaust” and “Teaching the Holocaust and genocide” for NC teachers.