“A 'Total Violation of Human Dignity’ Girlhood Interrupted in Auschwitz (1944)”
This is an excerpt from Simone Lagrange's testimony at a war crimes trial in 1987.
![A group of Tunisian schoolgirls in aprons pose in four rows.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/44540_JPEG.jpg?h=78a6fd7f&itok=cK36mLWu)
Building a Toolbox (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective)
This handout provides students with instructions for building a toolbox that reflects what they've learned about using the lessons of the past as a tool to guide responses to injustice.
![Facing History Youth Summit](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/09282018_Facing_History_Youth_Summit_%C2%A9Focht_303.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=NzvZ4TAA)
Evidence Logs (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective)
This handout provides a place where students can centralize and organize evidence specific to the elective course assessment prompt.
![Two Black students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Memphis_Classroom_2018_FH288851.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=B45APPri)
Map the Internal World of an Upstander
Students use this handout to gather evidence that helps them understand a chosen civic actor’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations.
![Two students look at a worksheet.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-10/08102018_Facing_History_%C2%A9Focht_043_name_removed.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=iwBQKhlB)
Sample Choosing to Participate Toolbox Project and Assignments
This sample CTP assignments comes from members of the Facing History Partner Schools Network.
![Photo of students at table](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/09282018_Facing_History_Youth_Summit_%C2%A9Focht_296.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=AzvkubNE)
Letter to Students (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective)
Share this letter with students as a way to introduce them to the Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course.
![Students gathered around a table](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/08102018_Facing_History_%C2%A9Focht_077.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=CmBXDn10)
Letter to Students (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective) (en español)
Share this letter with students as a way to introduce them to the Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course. This resource is in Spanish.
![Students gathered around a table](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/08102018_Facing_History_%C2%A9Focht_077.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=CmBXDn10)
Letter to Parents and Guardians (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective)
Share this letter with parents and guardians as a way to inform them about the Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course.
![A Facing History educator speaks to a classroom of parents](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LosAngeles_Classroom_%202018_FH287237.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=aj9noxf1)
Letter to Parents and Guardians (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective) (en español)
Share this letter with parents and guardians as a way to inform them about the Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course. This resource is in Spanish.
![A Facing History educator speaks to a classroom of parents](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LosAngeles_Classroom_%202018_FH287237.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=aj9noxf1)
Eyewitness to Buchenwald
Leon Bass, an African-American soldier, describes his experiences entering the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945.
![](/sites/default/files/brightcove/videos/images/posters/image_522.jpg)
Facing History Scholar Reflections: Bystanders and Resisters
Dr. Paul Bookbinder discusses the roles of bystanders and resisters during the Holocaust.
![](/sites/default/files/brightcove/videos/images/posters/image_1718.jpg)