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Holocaust Study

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

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Genocide; persecutors become blind to humanity


Does the Nazi soldier see people?
Could a brain malfunction begin to justify this horror?
Posted by Shaun at 4:10 PM

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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?