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Holocaust:
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office or from leaving the
country,” he said. There also
were articles about large
populations of Poles and
Jews being evicted from their
homes.
“But what was really
going on was that they were
marching them to these
camps — we now know
that,” he added.
Whatever experiences
Jewish refugees in America
told about in the late 1930s
were summarily denied
in Germany. One article
published in March 1933 by
The Observer in La Grande
was titled, “Persecution of
Jews Denied by German
Minister.” Simpson found
other locally published arti-
cles with similar denials.
“This is a fairly common
theme, even in our news-
papers. There was a lot of
contradiction,” Simpson
explained. Of course, this
added to the confusion of
American readers.
Although some American
newspapers and magazines
did write about the mass
murders of Jews and others
in concentration camps after
1941, “there was very little
visual evidence of the crimes
to print,” the Americans and
Holocaust exhibition stated.
“Most Americans, however
were more focused on news
about the war. Daily reports
about battles overshadowed
periodic information about
the mass murder of Jews and
other victims,” it read.
The Nov. 10, 1938, issue
of the Medford Mail Tribune,
which was on exhibit, ran an
article titled, “1938 Nation-
wide Attack Against German
Jews — Nazis Wreak
Vengeance Upon Jews.” This
was about wrecking gangs
that destroyed Jewish-owned
stores and synagogues.
Another newspaper on
exhibit was the Nov. 24, 1942,
issue of the Coos Bay Times,
an article that exposed the
genocide plan. It was titled,
“1942 Nazi Plan to Murder
European Jews — Half of
Jews in Occupied Poland
To Be Killed This Year by
Nazis.”
‘What more could
have been done?’
According to the United
States Holocaust Memorial
Museum, which produced the
traveling exhibition in part-
nership with the American
Library Association, Jews
were the primary victims —
six million were murdered,
but there also were millions
of less-known victims.
Those “other victims”
included the Roma, people
with disabilities in institu-
tions, Poles, Serbs, homo-
sexuals, Soviet prisoners
of war, political dissidents,
tipplers (chronic drunkards)
and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
“These also suffered griev-
ous oppression and death
under Nazi tyranny,” stated
the Holocaust Memorial
Museum website.
“Even though Americans
had information about the
persecution and later murder
of European Jews, rescuing
them never became a prior-
ity for the United States or
for the vast majority of the
American people,” stated the
library’s tour script. Simpson
said it was up to each exhi-
bition viewer to answer the
question, “What more could
have been done?”
East Oregonian
Chair:
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A heart-felt project
Sipe said this was not
only a big project for his
students, it was meaning-
ful. Students planned the
chair’s construction during
the pandemic lockdown
of 2020-21. When they
couldn’t see one another in
person, they diagrammed
the chair remotely.
Students conversed with
each other via the internet
about the build. When the
coronavirus restrictions
ended, team members got
together once again. At least
35 students pitched in on this
project, working whenever
they had a free moment.
“I couldn’t hazard a
guess as to how many hours
they spent, but it was a lot,”
Sipe said.
Heidi Sipe, Umatilla
School superintendent and
wife to the robotics teacher,
also worked to make this
gift possible. She said their
effort was like other work
they have done in the past.
“I always do the organiz-
ing and financing piece, and
Kyle makes the real work
happen,” she said.
The super intendent
said she discovered this
need while at a legislative
meeting. Gus’ mom was a
speaker at the meeting and
advocating as an early child-
hood intervention educator.
“I met her there and was
really inspired by her,” Heidi
Sipe said.
They stayed in touch and
discussed the possibility of
the Umatilla robotics team
helping Gus.
The robotics team often
Umatilla School District/Contributed Photo
Gus Macy, front center, poses next to his new wheelchair in Baker City along with Team
Confidential, the Umatilla High School robotics team that built the chair for him.
is busy, but their sched-
ule opened up during the
pandemic. There was
no in-person school and
competitions were canceled.
“The kids needed a proj-
ect,” she said.
Local companies and
people also were willing
to fund the project. Cattle
Drive Leather Co. was the
primary sponsor.
The Lorence Family and
Evangeline Gifts were spon-
sors, too, and Amazon Web
Services helped fund the
team’s trip to Baker City to
deliver the bike to Gus.
Fostering community
involvement
Avery Gutierrez, Confi-
dential officer and member
for three years, said she was
happy about this project.
She said she hadn’t done
community service work
previous to joining Confi-
dential. Lately, she has
performed yard work and
helped out in other ways
with her team.
She said this sort of work
brings her closer to others
and she enjoys learning new
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“It only took him about
five minutes to figure out
how to tip it over,” Karla
Macy said.
Gus steered it into a
curb and took a tumble. But
she said Gus was fine, and
Team Confidential built the
chair with safety in mind.
A car seat, with a five-point
harness, is part of the wheel-
chair. And he has a helmet.
“What’s really good about
it is that it’s a pretty good size,
and I think it’s something he
can use,” she said. “I think
this is something that can last
him his whole life, with some
minor adjustments.”
Gus’ mother expressed
much gratitude for the chair
and the kindness of the robot-
ics team.
According to Macy, the
robotics team spoke with Gus
when designing the chair.
Later, when they met him in
person, one student presented
him with a stuffed toy.
“Those students from
Umatilla have been so
awesome,” she said.
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chair project is not robotics,
per se, it did involve wiring
and more.
“We started by getting
measurements — his height
and weight — and we
worked to adjust it to his
needs,” Gutierrez said.
According to Gutierrez,
Gus hugged his mom and
gave everyone on the team
high fives upon receiving the
chair.
Meghan Owens, lead of
programming and electrical
for Confidential, has been
with the team for four years.
Like Gutierrez, most of her
community service has been
through her robotics team,
she said, and like Gutierrez,
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service.
“We get really connected
with our community,” she
said.
She added she has learned
much about the people of her
community, as well as the
area’s history, businesses
and services. She also said
Gus was happy about the
chair, even though he had
an accident on his first drive.
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