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As human beings we cannot escape the fact that our decisions and actions affect the lives of others.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Hitler Youth

In 1935, 60% of Germany's Children were involved in Hitler Youth

Abandoned in Germany at the age of five this English boy joined the Hitler Youth, helping attack Jews. Only when he came to Britain did he confront his guilt - and discover his mother's was even greater.

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Holocaust Timeline

  • 1933-1945

Events we'll explore closely.

  • Human Nature and its connectedness to the Holocaust
  • Antisemitism
  • The Rise of Adolf Hitler
  • Hitler's Perspective--Mein Kampf
  • 1935--The Nuremberg Race Laws
  • 1936--Berlin Olympics--partial suspension of the Nuremberg Laws
  • Today--Is there a real comparison between the Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Munich 1936 Olympics?
  • 1938, November 9--Kristallnacht (or "Night of Broken Glass")
  • 1939, May--America turns a blind eye--Voyage of the St. Louis
  • American Antisemitism

Why teach about the Holocaust?

  • The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • The Responsibility to Protect
  • Holocaust on-line workshop

What were concentration camps really like

  • Eye Witness Accounts
  • Interviewed Survivors

VT sponsored curriculum

  • Holocaust Curriculum
  • History & Social Studies Grade Expectations

DARFUR--Current Genocide

  • Overview of the situation
  • Who Will Survive Today?