Melita Maschmann describes the contradictory way she viewed Jews, and particularly her Jewish classmates, while growing up in Nazi Germany.
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Choiceless Choices
Consider the experiences of Jewish prisoners who were forced to help German guards murder other prisoners.
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Choices that Define Us
Explore three stories of choices people made during World War II and consider their complexities, their impact, and what they can teach about human behavior.
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Choosing to Rescue
Consider the motivations of individuals who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
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Justice & Human Rights
Civil Rights as Human Rights
Learn about the connection between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the struggle for civil rights in the United States.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Clauses from the Treaty of Versailles
Read and reflect on clauses from the Treaty of Versailles that punish Germany for its role in World War I.
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Holocaust
Colonizing Poland
Learn about the Nazis’ plan to rearrange the population of Poland, which resulted in the displacement of more than a million ethnic Poles and Jews (Spanish available).
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Commemorating the War
View and analyze John Singer Sargent’s memorial to World War I, the painting Gassed.
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Controlling the Universities
Learn how the Nazis pushed their ideology onto German universities, and how academics like Heidegger and Einstein responded.
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Cordell Hull’s Telegram to Hiram Bingham, September 18, 1940
Read the letter written to Hiram Bingham by the Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in response to rescue efforts of Jews and non-Jews in Vichy France.
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Creating a Constitutional Government
Examine the rights, protections, and democratic aspirations in the constitution of Germany’s newly formed democracy, the Weimar Republic.
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Creating the German Nation
Read about the confluence of nationalism, race science, and German-unification efforts in mid-eighteenth-century German society.
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