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League of German Girls

The League of German Girls was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. A typical activity for members was to go on walks while their mothers were working

Last Updated: June 29, 2022

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English — US

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History

The Holocaust

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Hoover Institution Archives

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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.

Collection

Lead students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.

An educator points with a white board marker while speaking with students.

Mini-Lesson

Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to contemporary examples of Holocaust trivialization and prompt reflection on the question “What are the implications of comparing current events to the Holocaust?”

Jewish badge in the hands of a man stock photo.

Lesson

Help students develop a larger understanding and appreciation of the Jewish resistance movement during the Holocaust.

Black and white photograph of six Jewish partisans standing in a forest clearing

Lesson

Explore the choices of Jewish partisan Sonia Orban, and gain a deeper understanding of the complexities that young people faced during the German occupation of Poland.

Sonia Orbuch, a Jewish partisan in Poland during the Holocaust, and her husband on their wedding day in 1945.

Lesson

Explore the choices of Vitka Kempner, a Jewish partisan who chose to resist the Nazis.

Lesson

In this lesson, students explore moral and ethical frameworks in relation to teh actions of Frank Blaichman

A young, white, mustachioed man wearing a uniform and a hat tilted to the side

Lesson

Understand the many forms that Jewish resistance to fascism, antisemitism, and Nazism took.

Russian partisans, one of them photographer Faye Schulman, gathering together in the forest, Naliboki Forest, Belarus, December 1944. The Molotava Brigade was a partisan group made up mostly of escaped Soviet Army POWs. The woman pictured is Faye Schulman, a Jewish woman who fled into the Naliboki forest with her camera equipment and joined the Molotova Brigade. For two years in the forest she photographed the partisan's activities, worked as medical aid and participated in the partisans raid's.

Unit

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.

Unit

Explore the stories of Jewish partisans that stood against Nazi oppression, genocide, and antisemitism during World War II.

Lesson

Students prepare for their study of Schindler's List by creating a contract establishing a thoughtful, respectful, and caring classroom community.

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Educator Resources for New England Holocaust Memorial

Developing Student Voice, Character, and Civic Agency

Holocaust Trivialization and Distortion: What Are the Implications of Comparing Current Events to the Holocaust?

Creating Student Projects

Sonia Orbuch: Becoming a Partisan

Vitka Kempner: Identity and Resistance

Frank Blaichman: Ethics in a Time of Genocide

Understanding Resistance

Teaching Schindler's List

Explore the Partisans

Resistance during the Holocaust: An Exploration of the Jewish Partisans

Pre-Viewing: “Take This Giant Leap”: Preparing to Teach Schindler’s List

League of German Girls

At a Glance

Language

Subject

You might also be interested in…

Educator Resources for New England Holocaust Memorial

Developing Student Voice, Character, and Civic Agency

Holocaust Trivialization and Distortion: What Are the Implications of Comparing Current Events to the Holocaust?

Creating Student Projects

Sonia Orbuch: Becoming a Partisan

Vitka Kempner: Identity and Resistance

Frank Blaichman: Ethics in a Time of Genocide

Understanding Resistance

Teaching Schindler's List

Explore the Partisans

Resistance during the Holocaust: An Exploration of the Jewish Partisans

Pre-Viewing: “Take This Giant Leap”: Preparing to Teach Schindler’s List

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