The Holocaust

The Final Solution

What was the Holocaust?
the period from January 30, 1933 - whenAdolf
Hitlerbecame chancellor ofGermany- to May 8,
1945, when the war in Europe officially ended.
Jews in Europe were persecuted
led to the murder of 6,000,000 Jews(1.5 million
of these being children) and the destruction of
5,000 Jewish communities.
These deaths represented two-thirds of
European Jewry and one-third of all world Jewry.

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Yellow Star
Jews
throughout
Nazi-
occupied
Europe
were forced
to wear a
badge in
the form of
aYellow
 How did the
Nazis treat
the Jews?
Boycott of Jewish stores
*The Night of Broken Glass - Kristelnacht
Segregation (identification with yellow Stars of
David and ghettos)
Imprisonment and killing of Jews and others in
concentration camps (to work and/or die)
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Holocaust
Concentration Camps
Yellow Star
Anne Frank
 Holocaust
The Nazis and Adolph Hitler sent
many Jews to concentration camps,
where they had little chance to
survive.
The Nazis murdered six million Jews
during WWII.
They also murdered six million non-
Jewish people in concentration
camps.
 Concentration Camps
Prisons where people were taken.
People had little chance of survival
once taken there.
Many were murdered right away.
Others where forced to work as slave
laborers until they died of hunger or
from disease.
 Yellow Star
Nazis forced
Jewish people
to wear
yellow stars
identifying
them as Jews.
 Anne Frank
Jewish girl during
holocaust
Lived in hiding and
wrote a diary that was
found in familys hiding
place.
The Diary of Anne
Frank
Died in a concentration
camp in Germany
I CAN write a
narrative
essay about
the holocaust
that teaches a
theme.
Narrative Assignment
Write a narrative using the
Jewish person you were
assigned as your main
character. Your narrative
should teach one of the
following themes:
Dont judge a book by its
cover
Not everything is as it seems
Being brave doesnt mean
Narrative Assignment
Paragraph Paragraph
One: Two:
Introduce Introduce
your your
characters problem
and your
setting
Paragraph Paragraph
Three: Four:
Develop your Resolution
 Tuesday
Bertha Adler: The Gestapo has found your family. You
have been taken prisoner.
Thomas Elek: Youve been arrested for blowing up a
convoy of German officers.
Jakob Frenkiel: You and your family were caught. You
were all sent to Auschewitz.
Ita Grynbaum: You are sick. Prisoners are not aloud to
have medicine or be sent to a doctor. You can hardly
hold your head up.
Susanne Ledermann: Youve just celebrated your 15th
birthday in Auschwitz.
Shulim Saleschutz: Youve been moved to a work
camp. The work is hard and you are very tired.
Henry Maslowicz: Youve been discovered by a Jewish
social worker. You are both on the run. The Nazis have
heard about the social worker and are looking for her.
Andras Muhlrad: Youve been taken to Auschwitz
Concentration Camp.
I CAN write a
narrative
essay about
the holocaust
that teaches a
theme.
Narrative Assignment
Paragraph Paragraph
One: Two:
Introduce Introduce
your your
characters problem
and your
setting
Paragraph Paragraph
Three: Four:
Develop your Resolution
 Wednesday
Inge Auerbacher: You and your family are starving in the
Jewish ghetto.
Gideon Boissevain: The Nazis are interrogating you about
the resistance.
Joseph Gani: You are working with the resistance in
Birkenau.
Matvey Gredinger: Youve been captured by the
Germans.
Ivo Herzer: Allied forces attack the Italian army with
whom you are hiding.
Izabella Katz: Youve were moved to a labor camp, but
have been hiding for two days when suddenly
Barbara Ledermann: You have been hiding from the
Germans for over a year.
Dora Rivkina: You were taken by the German soldiers.
Theyve tied your hands
Max Rosenblat: You are taken in your mothers arms to
Treblinka extermination camp.
 Essential
Question
What does the
author want me
to understand?
In Europe, during WWII, many
people looked the other way
while terrible things happened.
They pretended not to know that
their neighbors were being taken
away and locked in
concentration camps. They
pretended not to hear their cries
for help. The Nazis killed millions
of Jews and others in the
Holocaust. If everyone had
Standing up for what you know is
right is not always easy. Especially if
the one you face is bigger and
stronger than you. It is easier to look
the other way. But if you do, terrible
things happen.
-Eve Bunting
 Essential
Question
What does the
author want me
to understand?
 How is this
allegory
symbolic of the
Holocaust?
I CAN write a
narrative
essay about
the holocaust
that teaches a
theme.
Narrative Assignment
Paragraph Paragraph
One: Two:
Introduce Introduce
your your
characters problem
and your
setting
Paragraph Paragraph
Three: Four:
Develop your Resolution
 Thursday
Franco Cesana: You have been sent on a scouting
mission in the mountains to spy on German soldiers.
Marcus Fass: You have been taken in custody by the
Gestapo.
Moishe Felman: You were sent to Treblinka
extermination camp.
Dorotka Goldstein: After being shot twice in the
back, you are loosing a lot of blood. You arent sure
you are going to
Johanna Hirsch: You remained in Switzerland for two
years. Then
Sophie Weisz: Youve been forced to go on a march.
You are so weak and tired
Paula Wajcman: You are hiding in a bunker from the
Germans. You can hear them outside of the door.
Joseph von Hoppen Waldhorn: Your sisters have
been arrested. You are afraid you are next.
I CAN write a
narrative
essay about
the holocaust
that teaches a
theme.
Narrative Assignment
Paragraph Paragraph
One: Two:
Introduce Introduce
your your
characters problem
and your
setting
Paragraph Paragraph
Three: Four:
Develop your Resolution
 Friday

What is your fate?

Share Your Holocaust Narrative
 Friday
You are going to make a tombstone honoring the
life and death of your Holocaust survivor or
victim. Many Holocaust victims and survivors did
not get the proper burial or funeral. It is your job
to now honor their lives by constructing a
tombstone for them.

Tombstones MUST HAVE:

The persons name
Dates born and died (if applicable)
One sentence or phrase that commemorates that
person