Enacting History

Welcome to ENACTING HOLOCAUST HISTORY - WHAT I'VE SCENE

What I’ve Scene is an innovative teaching approach developed by Mira Hirsch and Arnold Mittelman of NJTF HTII, in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness program. It combines historical study with the performing arts to immerse students in Holocaust testimony through staged tableaus and dramatized survivor narratives. This international program is based on Enacting History: A Practical Guide to Teaching the Holocaust through Theater (Routledge), co‑authored by Hirsch, Rubin and Mittelman. Pictured: Howard D. McMillan Middle School Miami, Florida.

We invite you to explore this powerful approach and consider how it may serve your students, institution, or community. The What I’ve Scene program delivers its existing comprehensive suite of assets and instructions to ensure effective implementation whether you have a theater background or not.

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What I’ve Scene – Training Approach

An innovative Holocaust education approach developed with the USC Shoah Foundation, blending history and theater to illuminate survivor stories.

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