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Shortly after the beginning of our interview, Mrs. Emilia Ratz, called Mila by her friends, impresses me with her exceptional life-story and her humor, which overshadows the tragic of her experiences in the first moment. She has a strong personality and I'm almost convinced that she already had a great amount of self-confidence, courage of her own convictions and purposeful- ness when she saw the light of day. She shows great interest in politics, art and culture.

Using Centropa’s film, So Memory Doesn’t Die, about the life of Teofila (Toska) Silberring – a Schindler Jew - this lesson enables those using Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List in class to explores a) the different perspectives from which one can tell a story; b) the impact of different perspectives on our understanding of history. This lesson assumes a working knowledge of Schindler’s List.

In this lesson plan, Cynthia Peterman illustrates how she used the Centropa database to create a student exhibition.

A student-created exhibition based on Centropa

photo taken by Jonathan Ah Kit, on April 28, 2000, CC licensing