FRANK BAKER (COLUMBIA, USA)
Educational consultant
His approach to life is perhaps best expressed in the old saying: "If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day; but if you give him a net and teach him how to fish, you will feed him for a lifetime." He sees it as his mission to pass on his knowledge of the Holocaust and media awareness, to help distinguish truth from falsehood in videos, online content and various forms of print media. He serves this mission through his workshops, writings and professional contributions. His goal is to continue the fight against the repetition of tragedies like the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and racism through a more informed and conscious society.
He has conducted numerous workshops for educators, students, and the general public on media interpretation, media authenticity, and Holocaust history. His lectures have taken him from Columbia to Mumbai to Singapore. He is an annual participant in the South Carolina Social Studies Teachers' Summer Institute on Holocaust Education, and has lectured at several universities, the Anne Frank Center, Shaw Air Force Base, and numerous schools.
He maintains two websites: the Media Literacy Clearinghouse and the Stories of Survival website, dedicated to Holocaust remembrance. He is the author of two books on Holocaust education. He received the Anne Frank Award for Leadership in Arts and Letters in 2026, the Elizabeth Thoman Service Award from the National Association for Media Literacy Education in 2025, and the Order of the Flame from Richland School District Two.
He reaches out to educators, students, legislators, and the general public. He has served as an officer, committee member, or advisor to several national educational and professional organizations. He has also ensured that every high school and middle school in South Carolina receives a copy of We Survived the Holocaust; royalties are used to educate students about the Holocaust. The lasting impact of his work is not only to convey knowledge but also to empower educators and young people to think responsibly, critically, and non-prejudicially.
For me, the most important thing in my job is – the candidate wrote
For me, the most important thing is to make sure that all young people are educated about the Holocaust, because many of them lack basic knowledge about this historical period. With the book I wrote, "We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma and Felix Goldberg Story," I visit classes where students have already read the book and answer their questions. It often turns out that they don't even know the most basic facts.
Our book answers questions such as: Who was Adolf Hitler? Who collaborated with the Nazis? What is propaganda? What is anti-Semitism?
For nearly four years, I have donated a copy of the book to every elementary and middle school in South Carolina from royalties. And now, from my occasional speaking fees, I provide free book packages to entire classes. This is an extremely important and vital mission for me.
References
https://www.frankbaker.com - Media Literacy Clearinghouse
https://www.storiesofsurvival.org/ - a site dedicated to the Holocaust