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The Boy in the Warsaw Ghetto

Seven year old boy Tsvi Nussbaum holds his hands up in Warsaw, 1943.

Last Updated: June 4, 2014

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English — US

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History

The Holocaust

This picture shows seven-year-old Tsvi Nussbaum in the Warsaw ghetto in 1943. The photo was taken by a Nazi photographer. There are conflicting accounts of whether this boy survived the war.

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National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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A curation of educational resources for school groups visiting the New England Holocaust Memorial.

A stone sign on the right reads Holocaust, with three glass pillars in view at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, MA.

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Help your students be thoughtful, engaged viewers of Schindler's List with these lesson plans that foster reflection and make contemporary connections to the history.

Picture of a little girl in a red coat standing in front of people.

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Find interview transcripts, historical overviews, and primary source documents about a particular Jewish partisan or country.

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Lesson

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Nazi officers stand guard and march at Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland.

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Students experience a thoughtful viewing of Schindler's List by completing activities immediately before and after watching it that help them reflect and process reactions.