Comments on: Before and After https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/ Teaching the Holocaust through Story Mon, 25 May 2026 15:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Michelle Ultmann https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18713 Mon, 25 May 2026 15:01:14 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18713 In reply to Cathy Polakoff.

Thank you for your appreciations! You are always so supportive and encouraging!
Michelle

]]> By: Cathy Polakoff https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18704 Sat, 23 May 2026 05:28:56 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18704 Beautifully written, Michelle. And so touching! I love that you recorded your mom’s reaction to hearing you tell her story, and that you share that with audiences. What a wonderful way to end a presentation! I know the question about your mother during the Q&A was hard, but I think you gave a perfect answer. I’m glad you were able to share your story with your mother, and that she knew about how hard you work to keep her story alive. I truly believe that in so doing, you are keeping her alive for all of us. May her memory be for a blessing.

]]> By: Michelle Ultmann https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18696 Thu, 21 May 2026 13:54:26 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18696 In reply to Susan Kent Avjian.

Thank you Susan. May his memory be for a blessing and you therefore are blessed every time you tell his story. I hope to hear you tell it!

]]> By: Susan Kent Avjian https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18695 Thu, 21 May 2026 13:22:07 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18695 Thank you for sharing your journey Michelle and how powerful it was to be able to have shared it with your mother while she was still alive. To have had the foresight to video tape her reaction, was a treasure. z”l. I am reading this, 5 years to the day since my father died, and how I wish he knew that his story of Lala was still alive, now through my voice instead of his.

]]> By: Michelle Ultmann https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18686 Wed, 20 May 2026 13:01:59 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18686 In reply to Zuzana.

And what a journey it has been! Thank you Zuzana!
Michelle

]]> By: Zuzana https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18683 Wed, 20 May 2026 04:58:19 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18683 Michelle, what a wonderful and heartfelt journey! I remember being in the TtS storytelling class with you, and knowing right there how powerful your mother’s story is. Her memory is truly a blessing in you retelling her story.

]]> By: Michelle Ultmann https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18682 Wed, 20 May 2026 02:51:13 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18682 In reply to Dena Hirsh.

Dena: Thank you for your warm appreciation!
Michelle

]]> By: Michelle Ultmann https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18681 Wed, 20 May 2026 02:49:51 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18681 In reply to Dena Hirsh.

Thank you Dena so much for your appreciation!
Michelle

]]> By: Dena Hirsh https://www.teachtheshoah.org/2026/05/17/before-and-after/#comment-18680 Wed, 20 May 2026 01:34:39 +0000 https://www.teachtheshoah.org/?p=251177#comment-18680 A wonderful story beautifully written, just as I know your/your mother’s story is beautifully told. Yasher koach, Michelle.

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