Ridgewood January 25, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 7 Dr. Tamara Freeman, instrumental music teacher at Orchard, Somerville, and Travell schools in Ridgewood, presented a Holocaust music lecture-recital at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC on Jan. 9. She performed music from the ghettos and concentration camps on her 1935 Joseph Bausch viola, which was rescued from the hands of the Nazis and secretly shipped to the U.S. In attendance were 51 members of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, an international network of Holocaust scholars, college professors, museum curators, and K12 education directors. Freeman recently received an award from her alma mater, the Crane School of Music SUNY Potsdam, for having created and developed one of the five most innovative music education practices in the school’s 125-year history. Her innovative practice was the creation of our country’s first and only Holocaust music curriculum for grades K-12. This curriculum was the focus of Freeman’s doctoral dissertation, “Encouraging Racial Respect Through Holocaust Music: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Grades K-12.” Right: Dr. Tamara Freeman with her 1935 Joseph Bausch viola, a rescued instrument from the Holocaust. Far right (top photo) : Dr. Freeman with Dr. William Schulman, president of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, and her Joseph Bausch viola. Far right (bottom): Dr. Freeman with Irving Roth, director of the Holocaust Center of Manhasset Long Island and a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp. Teacher performs Holocaust program in Washington