Visits and Activities

2021

February 18, 2021 – Atlanta, Georgia – The Invisible Line in Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

February 3, 2021 – Dublin, Ohio – Visit with Coffman High School class (with Ron Jones)

January 21, 2021 – Minnesota – “Die Welle” discussion with Citizens for Global Solutions (with Ron Jones)

January 6 – March 2 – Gratz College PhD student in class “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2020

December 4-6, 2020 Attended National Council for the Social Studies annual conference

November 7, 2020 – Attended Washington State Council for the Social Studies fall conference

October 30, 2020 – Berlin, Germany – The Invisible Line screened at Refugees Film Festival

October 28 – December 22 – Gratz College PhD student in class “Nazi Germany and Corporate Collaboration

October 24, 2020 – The Invisible Line screened at United Nations Association Film Festival,
and member of panel discussion that evening

September 3, 2020 – Interview with Alexey Pivovarov of Redakcia from Russia (2M views)

August 8, 2020 – San Francisco, California – The Invisible Line screened by The Marsh Theater

July 1 – August 25, 2020 – Gratz College PhD student in class Teaching the Holocaust

June 13, 2020 – United Kingdom – The Invisible Line UK premiere on Sky History TV Channel

May 6 – June 30, 2020 – Gratz College PhD student in class “Rescuers and Righteous Gentiles

May 6-24, 2020 – Munich, Germany – The Invisible Line in Munich DOK.fest Film Festival 

May 5, 2020 – Interview with DOK.fest Munich Film Festival and Emanuel Rotstein

March 5-6, 2020 – Chicago, IL – Toured the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center

February 28 – March 5, 2020 – Poland – Auschwitz-Birkenau tour with CANDLES Holocaust Museum

January 15, 2020 – Munich, Germany – The Invisible Line opens Jewish Film Festival

2019

December 19, 2019 – Germany – The Invisible Line premiere on German TV, Crime+Investigation Channel

December 13, 2019 – Munich, Germany – Bavarian International School – Third Wave presentation

December 10, 2019 – Munich, Germany – History Channel – in the movie and panel discussion
at premiere of new Wave documentary “The Invisible Line” (Mark Hancock is Associate Producer)

December 9, 2019 – Munich, Germany – Toured Dachau Camp (guide Steve Whitehorn)

December 3, 2019 – Greenville, SC – Greenville High School – Third Wave play cast visit

October 24-25, 2019 – Tacoma, WA – Pacific Lutheran University – Attended Holocaust Conference

October 23, 2019 – Seattle, WA – Holocaust Center for Humanity – Attended Echoes and Reflections class

August 10, 2019 – Palo Alto, CA – Congregation Beth Am – Lesson Plan film and Q&A for Tisha B’Av

July 27, 2019 – Palo Alto, CA – Cubberley High School – Screened Lesson Plan at school reunion
(with Ron Jones, Phil Neel and several original Third Wave students)

July 2-7, 2019 – Poland – CANDLES Holocaust Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau tour (Eva Mozes Kor)

July 20, 2019 – London, England – Dulwich College – Lesson Plan film and Q&A with 200 students

June 13, 2019 – Seattle, WA – Northwest School – Third Wave presentation (7th year)

May 1 – June 25, 2019 – Gratz College PhD student in class “America’s Response to the Holocaust

April 18-20, 2019 – Springfield, MO – Glendale High School – Third Wave play visit

April 16, 2019 – Terre Haute, IN – CANDLES Holocaust Museum – Third Wave presentation (flier PDF)

April 8, 2019 – Vancouver, Canada – Toured the Holocaust Education Centre

April 3, 2019 – Washington, D.C. – Toured the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

January 2 – February 26 – Gratz College PhD student in class “Genocide in the Modern World

2018

December 6, 2018 – Seattle, WA – Seattle Girls’ School – Lesson Plan and Q&A w/2 classes (2nd visit)

November 12, 2018 – University of Copenhagen – Lesson Plan screening and audience Q&A 

November 19, 2018 – Interviewed in History Channel, Germany new film “Total Control

November 11, 2018 – Munich, Germany – Attended “Total Control” film premiere, and in panel discussion

November 9, 2018 – Salzburg, Austria – Third Wave presentation to psychology class

October 24 – December 18 – Gratz College PhD student in class “Geographical Approach to the Holocaust

October 16, 2018 – Seattle, WA – Attended premiere of Rick Steves movie “Fascism in Europe

August 30, 2018 – Aurora, IN – South Dearborn HS – Visit with class studying Wave

August 22 – October 23 – Gratz College PhD student in class “Underpinnings of Genocide

July 1, 2018 – Ben Gurion school, Emek Hefer, Israel – Third Wave presentation to faculty

June 28, 2018 – Jerusalem, Israel – Yad Vashem Center – Luncheon Wave presentation during Conference

June 25-28, 2018 – Jerusalem, Israel – Yad Vashem Center – Attended International Holocaust Conference

June 23, 2018 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Orna Porat Theater – Wave play visit, Q&A w/audience of 400, media support (JPost, i24 News)

June 14, 2018 – Northwest School presentation of Third Wave, Seattle, WA (6th year)

May 30, 2018 – Philadelphia, PA – Gratz College – Admitted to PhD program for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

May 11, 2018 – Auburn, WA – Wesley Homes Community Third Wave presentation

April 30, 2018 – Honduras – Escuela Internacional Sampedrana – Online Q&A with Phil Neel to Wave class there

April 21-22, 2018 – San Francisco, CA – Attended Philip Zimbardo Heroic Imagination conference

March 27, 2018 – Palo Alto, CA – Oshman Jewish Community Center –
Screened Lesson Plan to audience of 350 (and Q&A with Ron Jones and Jo Ann Gasaway)

February 12, 2018 – Tacoma, WA – PLU – Attended Laura Johnston Kohl presentation about Jonestown

January 11, 2018 – Delhi, India – Wings Cultural Society – Visit with Wave play cast

2017

December 6, 2017 – Auburn, WA – Rotary Club presentation of Third Wave

November 10, 2017 – Toured the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie

October 24, 2017 – Seattle, WA – Seattle Girls’ School – Lesson Plan screening and Q&A with class

October 7, 2017 – Edmonds, WA – WA State Council for Social Studies Fall Conference – Wave workshop with Tamara Bunnell

June, 2017 – Northwest School presentation of Third Wave, Seattle, WA (5th year)

May 16, 2017 – Palo Alto, CA – Lesson Plan screening and Q&A with visiting Freiburg, Germany students
with fellow Third Wave student Jo Ann Gasaway

April 19, 2017 – San Francisco, CA – SF State College – Attended Jonestown presentation by Laura Johnston Kohl

April 7,8,9, 2017 – Escondido, CA – Third Wave play support – Q&A with audiences

April 5, 2017 – Escondido, CA – Third Wave play support – Q&A with two school groups

March 31, 2017 – Palo Alto, CA – Gunn High School – featured in Gunn High School article

March 22, 2017 – Palo Alto, CA – Palo Alto History Museum – 50th Anniversary of Third Wave event
Lesson Plan screening and panel Q&A at Cubberley High School
with Ron Jones, Jo Ann Gasaway, and Phil Neel (sellout w/300 attending)

March 17, 2017 – Palo Alto, CA – Palo Alto Weekly – featured in Palo Alto Weekly article

March 8, 2017 – San Francisco, CA – Attended Ron Jones & Marc Montserrat Drukker talk, Marsh Theater

March 6, 2017 – Palo Alto, CA – Verde Magazine – featured in Palo Alto High School article

2016

November __, 2016 – Czech Republic – tour of Theresienstadt

November 14, 2016 – UWC Maastricht, NL (United World College) – Wave presentations

November 10 & 11, 2016 – Antwerp, Belgium – attended The Wave Musical

November __, 2016 – Antwerp, Belgium – Public presentation of Third Wave story

November __, 2016 – Antwerp, Belgium – _____ School – Wave Presentation

November __, 2016 – Antwerp, Belgium – Third Wave presentation to musical cast, and rehearsal visits

October 8, 2016 – Seattle, WA – WA State Council for Social Studies – fall conference Wave tabletop display

August 16, 2016 – Mercer Island, WA – Rotary Club Wave presentation: Leaders & Followers

June __, 2016 – Seattle, WA – Northwest School – presentation of Third Wave (4th year)

May 13, 2016 – Support video for La Ola (Die Welle) movie screening at Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile

March 3, 2016 – Huffington Post – Quoted and linked in their article “Remembering the Wave” (PDF)

2015

(in addition to list below)

June 30, 2015 – Germany – Visits to Esterwegen Camp, ________ Museum, _____ detention center

Mark Hancock
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