Students learn how Nazi policy differed within countries by exploring the diary entries of a young Jew who fled from Belgium to the Netherlands during the Holocaust.
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Holocaust
Learn the History: Deportations from the Łódź Ghetto in an Anonymous Girl’s Diary
Students learn about the Nazi's deportation of Jews from the Łódź ghetto through diary entries and historical documents.
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Learn the History: Deportations in an Anonymous Boy’s Diary
Students learn about the deportation of the Łódź ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkena through diary entries and historical documents.
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Learn the History: Final Days in Alice Ehrmann’s Diary
By reading diary entries from a survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto, students consider the complex emotional state of survivors in the final days of the war.
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Learn the History: Hiding in Otto Wolf's Diary
Through a close read of diary entries, students learn about the logistics of life in hiding during the Holocaust.
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Learn the History: Kristallnacht in Klaus Langer’s Diary
Students compare a personal account of Kristallnacht with other primary source material to understand its significance in the context of the Holocaust.
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Learn the History: Mass Murder in Elsa Binder’s Diary
Students compare a personal account of life in the Stanisławów ghetto with historical documents to deepen their understanding of the implementation of the Final Solution in one Polish community.
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Learn the History: Propaganda in Dawid Rubinowicz’s and Moshe Flinker’s Diaries
Students examine Nazi propaganda through the personal accounts of two young men living in German-occupied Europe.
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Learn the History: Refugee Experience in Elisabeth Kaufmann’s Diary
Students draw on diary entries and historical documents to gain insight into experiences of refugees during the Holocaust.
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Learn the History: Rescue in Peter Feigl’s Diary
Through diary entries and historical documents, students learn about the complex rescue networks that cooperated to save Jewish children’s lives during the Holocaust.
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Membership, Identity and Traditional Jewish Texts
Students reflect on how a traditional Jewish text sheds light on the story of a high school student’s experience with belonging.
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Menachem's Challenge
Students view a documentary film about an Orthodox Jewish father and his sons' journey through Poland and reflect on how each character is shaped by religion and worldview.
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