Can Holocaust Lessons Reduce Contemporary Street Violence? To answer the question travel back and forth in time from Nazi Germany to contemporary inner-city Chicago with Sharon Wilkes. While teaching and writing Holocaust curriculum she feels compelled to embark on a journey of past-life regressions. The journey ignites memories of her previous-life, Holocaust experience. Entwined with the regressions are opportunities to make history's lessons relevant to American youth who are being bombarded by violence in their everyday lives.