June 18-30, 2026

Power of Place: 2026 European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators is an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform their understanding of the Holocaust, WWII, antisemitism, and Jewish life today. Power of Place is planned and co-led by Humanus Network on behalf of JCRC and generously supported by the Minnesota Vikings, the Tankenoff Families Foundation, Allianz of America Corporation and MINNE (Minnesota Norway Education Israel & Holocaust Fellowship).

We were honored to welcome the acclaimed educator and author, Alexandra Zapruder, who traveled with us as we followed in the footsteps of several young diarists featured in her research and book, Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust 

Alexandra Zapruder, Author and Educator
Alexandra Zapruder began her career at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where she served on the curatorial team for Remember the Children, Daniel’s Story. She is best known for her award-winning book Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust, which was adapted into the Emmy-nominated MTV documentary I’m Still Here and later expanded into multimedia and educational editions. She also wrote Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film about her grandfather’s home movie of JFK’s assassination.  Alexandra serves as Education Director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, sits on the board of the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights, and has been published in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Parade, and LitHub. 

Photos: Ethan Roberts Photography