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| LESSON
| NAME OF PERSON ON
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| DESCRIPTION AND LINK TO CLIP
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| I. Studying the Holocaust
| Building a Foundation for
Studying the Holocaust
| Roman Kent
| The importance of not being a bystander
| 2:42
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Leon Bass
| Challenging racism and bigotry
| 1:07
| Prewar Jewish Life
| Penina Bowman
| Description of Orthodox family
| 3:09
| Bernard Broclawski
| Antisemitism in Poland
| 1:36
| Ivan Deutsch
| Assimilated Jews in Hungary
| 1:19
| Regina Eisenstein
| Description of Zionist upbringing
| 1:14
| Vera Gissing
| Description of childhood in Czechoslovakia
| 2:04
| Pinchas Gutter
| Description of Hasidic Jewish family and childhood
| 3:33
| | II. Antisemitism
| Antisemitism Before the Holocaust
| H. Henry Sinason
| Jewish social life in prewar Germany
| 1:46
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Margaret Lambert
| Prewar relationships with family and non-Jews
| 1:46
| H. Henry Sinason
| Harassment of Jewish children by non-Jewish peers
| 2:06
| Henry Laurant
| Vandalism of father’s business
| 2:22
| Nazi Antisemitic Ideology and Propaganda
| Judith Becker
| Racist Nazi eugenics ideas in German schools
| 3:13
| H. Henry Sinason
| The Hitler Youth movement and antisemitism
| 1:45
| Esther Clifford
| Nazi propaganda
| 1:40
| | III. Nazi Germany
| Weimar Republic and Rise of the Nazi Party
| Alfred Caro
| The Weimar Republic and subsequent governments
| 0:49
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Frank Shurman
| Inflation in prewar Germany and its effects on society
| 1:05
| Anti-Jewish Policy in 1930’s Germany
| Herman Cohn
| The Nuremburg Laws and their effects on Jewish life
| 0:41
| Margaret Lambert
| Segregation and exclusion of Jews
| 1:30
| Julia Lentini
| The appeal of joining a German nationalist youth movement
| 0:51
| The Kristallnacht Pogrom – “Night of Broken Glass”
| Esther Clifford
| Events of the Kristallnacht Pogrom
| 2:46
| Kurt Messerschmidt
| Events of the Kristallnacht Pogrom
| 4:27
| A Model for the Escalation of Hate
| Esther Clifford
| Attempts by Jews to flee Germany and immigrate elsewhere
| 3:01
| Alfred Gottschalk
| The increase in attacks against assimilated Jews
| 1:02
| Ellen Brandt
| Activities of a Jewish youth movement in prewar Germany
| 1:36
| | IV. The Ghettos
| Establishment of the Ghettos and the Jewish Response
| Joseph Morton
| Confinement, starvation, and fear in the Lodz ghetto
| 2:01
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Leo Berkenwald
| Segregation and crowding in the Lodz ghetto
| 1:30
| Ellis Lewin
| Deportation to the Lodz ghetto
| 1:42
| Role of the Ghettos – The Lodz Ghetto as a Case Study
| Milton Belfer
| Restrictions in the ghetto
| 0:49
| George Shainfarber
| Hunger, sickness, and death in the ghettos
| 1:50
| George Shainfarber
| Coping in the ghettos; struggling to find food
| 1:40
| Eva Safferman
| Loss of childhood, forced labor, and hiding in a ghetto
| 3:04
| | V. The “Final Solution”
| How the Final Solution was Made Possible and Implemented
| William Good
| Surviving a mass execution in Ponary
| 7:07
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Abraham Bomba
| Arrival at Treblinka and selection for gas chamber
| 4:00
| Ellis Lewin
| Arrival at Auschwitz and separation of family members
| 3:21
| Spiritual Resistance: Attempting to Preserve Humanity in the Face of Inhumanity
| Itka Zygmuntowicz
| A day in Auschwitz
| 2:00
| Itka Zygmuntowicz
| Recitation of poem composed by former Auschwitz inmate
| 2:21
| | VI. Liberation
| Holocaust Survivors’ “Return to Life”
| Gerda Klein
| A survivor describes being liberated and how one of her liberators became her husband
| 5:09
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Rachel Huber
| Surviving a pogrom after the war had ended
| 1:52
| David Abrams
| Searching for family members following liberation
| 2:17
| Malwina Moses
| Learning about the post-war Kielce pogrom
| 3:14
| Liberators of the Nazi Camps
| Leon Bass
| An American soldier describes his participation in the liberation of Buchenwald
| 5:01
| Anton Mason
| The first days following liberation
| 3:44
| Paul Parks
| An American soldier describes his participation in the liberation of Dachau
| 3:02
| Katsugo Miho
| An American soldier describes his participation in the liberation of a sub-camp of Dachau
| 4:33
| Charlotte Chaney
| An American describes working as a nurse in Dachau shortly after the camp was liberated
| 1:45
| Displaced Persons’ Camps after the Holocaust
| Malka Baran
| Starting a school in a displaced persons’ camp
| 1:07
| Daniel Geslewitz
| Communal support and celebrations in displaced persons’ camps
| 1:01
| | VII. Jewish Resistance
| What is Resistance?
| Helen Fagin
| Education as a form of resistance in the ghetto
| 2:31
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Ruth Brand
| Fasting on Yom Kippur in Auschwitz as a form of resistance
| 3:22
| Itka Zygmuntowicz
| Spiritual resistance when facing torture at the hands of the Gestapo
| 3:20
| Roman Kent
| Many forms of Jewish resistance
| 2:43
| | VIII. Rescue and Righteous Among the Nations
| The Decision to Rescue
| Arie Van Mansum
| Support for Jews evading persecution, and “Christian responsibility” to aid Jews
| 2:59
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Renee Scott
| Creating false IDs to save Jews in France
| 1:18
| Kristine Keren
| Hiding from the Nazis in the sewers
| 4:59
| Groups that Rescued
| Eric Richmond
| Kindertransport after Anschluss to Great Britain
| 3:21
| Lynn Orne
| Experiences in Kindertransport and Anschluss
| 2:11
| Vera Gissing
| On the Kindertransport from Czechoslovakia
| 3:22
| Righteous Among the Nations
| Irene Gut-Opdyke
| Decision to hide Jews in basement of Nazi commander’s home.
| 4:50
| | IX. Complicity and Responsibility
| Bystanders
| Barbara Fischman Traub
| Experience of a survivor’s march to the ghetto in front of onlooking neighbors
| 2:51
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Ibolya Grossman
| Experience of a survivor’s march to the ghetto in front of hostile neighbors, bystander speaks up
| 2:24
| Dennis Urstein
| Bystanders’ indifference and role in the Holocaust
| 0:52
| Collaborators and Perpetrators
| Dora Iwler
| Betrayed to the Nazis by classmates
| 3:39
| Silvia Grohs-Martin
| Forced labor for Siemens while imprisoned at Ravensbruck
| 2:03
| The Role of the US and Responsibility of Nations
| Liesl Loeb
| The difficulty of Jewish immigration to America
| 1:55
| Sol Messinger
| The ill-fated journey of the MS St. Louis
| 5:51
| Jan Karski
| Experienceas a Polish government courier and meeting with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
| 2:57
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| X. Justice, Life and Memory After the Holocaust
| War Crimes Trials
| Edith Coliver
| Imparting justice on the Nazi perpetrators by contributing as an interpreter
| 4:19
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Belle Zeck
| The need to persecute genocidaires regardless of how long it would take
| 1:07
| Living with the Memory of the Holocaust
| Fritzie Fitzshall
| The need to survive to share the story of those who did not survive
| 3:43
| Sam Gottesman
| A survivor reflects on his struggle to work through his trauma after the death of his father
| 3:39
| Has the World Learned Anything from the Holocaust?
| Jan Karski
| Myths of national, ethnic, and racial superiority as pretexts to great crimes
| 1:04
| Joseph Berger
| A survivor discusses the cross-cultural predilection for inhumanity, racism, and hatred
| 1:38
| | XI. Gringlas Unit on Antisemitism After the Holocaust
| Introduction
| Joseph and Sol Gringlas
| Sharing memories of their miraculous reunion
| 1:58
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Rebuilding Jewish Life after the Holocaust
| Rachel Slagter
| Rachel explains why she is tied to Israel
| 1:10
| Rena Bernstein
| Rena explains why she is Jewish in her heart
| 1:48
| Andy Reti
| Andy explains why he didn’t have a future in postwar Hungary
| 1:04
| Ruth Pearl
| Ruth describes the Farhud, and how it changed her perception of safety in Iraq
| 2:09
| Moshe Shamir
| Moshe describes his reaction to arriving in Israel
| 1:57
| Regina Clipper
| Regina discusses antisemitism she faced from her employer
| 1:49
| What is Antisemitism and What are Features of Antisemitism Today?
| Anneliese Nossbaum
| Anneliese Nossbaum reflects on the desecration of two Jewish cemeteries
| 1:35
| Anita Lasker Wallfisch
| Anita reflects on how easily antisemitic tropes continue to pervade society
| 2:33
| Dr. Dave Rich
| Dave defines antisemitism
| 0:53
| What are Some of the Forces that Drive Antisemitism Today?
| Judah Samet
| Judah discusses the antisemitic attack at Tree of Life syagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| 1:44
| Dr. Dave Rich
| Dave explains why more people need to learn what antisemitic language is
| 2:43
| Dr. Dave Rich
| Dave reflects on how antisemitic language and beliefs become pervasive in society
| 2:11
| Mohammed Dajani Daoudi
| Mohammed discusses how his understanding of the Holocaust changed over time
| 4:02
| Lillian Eckstein
| Lillian analyzes the miracle of her survival and begs people to stop denying the Holocaust happened
| 0:48
| Felix Sparks
| Felix discusses the dangers of Holocaust denial, and why it needs to be stopped.
| 2:05
| Action and Agency – Combating Antisemitism
| Henry Oertelt
| Henry reflects on the importance of tolerance, and why individuals need to stand up against hatred
| 1:54
| Jair Melchior
| Jair expresses how change starts from within
| 2:45
| | XII. Teaching About Genocide
| What is the Crime of Genocide?
| Ben Ferencz
| Ben Ferencz – Interactive Biography
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What do Genocides Destroy?
| Jirayr Zorthian
| Life before the Armenian Genocide
| 2:27
| Live Wesige
| Memories of childhood with parents before the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
| 2:03
| David Faber
| Encountering antisemitic violence in Poland prewar
| 1:29
| Sara Pol-Lim
| Discrimination for being city-born in Cambodia
| 1:30
| Kizito Kalima
| Encountering discrimination and isolation in school for being Tutsi
| 2:04
| How do Genocides Destroy?
| Marion Pritchard
| Nazi propaganda and public campaigns lead to the elimination of public Judaism in the Netherlands
| 1:59
| Freddy Mutanguha
| Tutsi students are dehumanized and stigmatized by their classmates before being physically attacked
| 2:34
| Arshag Dickranian
| Turkish gendarmerie harass and humiliate an Armenian father in front of his son
| 2:28
| Freddy Mutanguha
| Witnessing the Hutu militias—neighbors and youths—organizing to kill Tutsis and beginning the genocide
| 1:38
| Elise Taft
| Armenian victims are forced into exile and witness the deaths of their neighbors and family members
| 2:05
| Barbara Fischman Traub
| Jews are marched into the ghetto while their former friends and neighbors watch from their homes
| 2:52
| Theary Seng
| A survivor of the Cambodian Genocide describes a policy where death is the norm and violence is personal
| 1:13
| Aftermath
| Freddy Mutanguha
| A Rwandan survivor describes his struggle for justice and the value of testimony
| 1:45
| Theary Seng
| A Cambodian Genocide survivor describes a nuanced sense of poetic and social justice beyond the courtroom
| 1:34
| Haigas Bonapart
| An Armenian Genocide survivor describes the pain of never achieving justice for what he experienced
| 0:49
| Brigitte Altman
| Countering the audacity of Holocaust denial and the value of testimony in memorializing victims
| 1:25
| Jan Karski
| Great crimes start with little things
| 1:05
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