Richard Brooks
Denomination: Jewish
Education
Career
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Elementary teacher Philadelphia School District, 1951—1955, secondary teacher, 1955—1987. Education director, curator Holocaust Museum, 1987—2001, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1987—2001. Lecturer Darret Senior Center, Philadelphia, 2002—2003.
Adjunct professor Gratz College, Philadelphia, 1988—1999. Speaker, consultant Pennsylvania Council on Humanities, Philadelphia, 1997—2001. Presenter in field.
With United States National Guard, 1948-1950.
Works
- Bearing Witness: A Resource Guide to Literature, Poetry, Art, Music, and Videos by Holocaust Victims and Survivors
- This resource guide will help readers locate over 800 first-person accounts, fiction, poetry, art interpretations, and music by Holocaust victims and survivors, as well as videos relating the testimony and experiences of Holocaust survivors.
- Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, Geography, and Terminology
- This concise, easy-to-use resource on the Holocaust is rich in factual and statistical information, and provides a comprehensive compilation of the people and terms that are essential for an understanding of the Holocaust.
