Holocaust class starts March 5

Local residents can learn more about the Holocaust through an upcoming adult education class.

The Whitehall School District and Whitehall Community Library are hosting a four-session Holocaust Literature Class. The class will meet March 5, March 12, March 26 and April 19 at the library.

Whitehall Librarian Jeannie Ferriss said the Holocaust is a tragedy the world will never forget.

"Yet less than half of all Americans can identify Auschwitz and the things which happened there," she said.

The Holocaust Through Literature program is a four-week study of the literature, both fiction and non-ficti...