Children of the
Holocaust
The Innocent Victims of Prejudice
and Genocide
Between 1933 and 1945, the German
government led by Adolf Hitler and the
Nazi Party carried out the systematic
persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews.
This genocide is now known
as the Holocaust.
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The Nazi regime also persecuted and killed
millions of other people it considered
politically, racially, or socially unfit.
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The Allies’ victory ended World War II, but
Nazi Germany and its collaborators had left
millions dead and countless lives shattered.
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Your Assignments
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Look up a child of the Holocaust that you
have been assigned and will learn more
about
Write Cornell Notes with a well written
summary on your child.
Create a commemorative puzzle piece
honoring this child.
Present puzzle piece and information
about your child.
RESEARCH
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You will research your child and create
Cornell Note’s with a summary on your
child.
Here is how to find your child:
Type in Children of the
Holocaust, The
Museum of Tolerance
on a Google search
Find the Education Tab
Click Teacher Resources
Scroll down to find the
Children of the
Holocaust
www.museumoftolerance.com
Cornell Note Taking Form
Child’s Name:
Date of Birth, Place of Birth
Website Title:
Museum of Tolerance
Family Background
Life in the ghetto, camp or
in hiding
Circumstances of death or
release
Miscellaneous/Extra Info.
Summary
According to the Museum of Tolerance website, Inge
Auerbacher was …(make sure to paraphrase all info.)
COMMEMORATE
You will be creating a commemorative
puzzle piece about your child.
 You will present your puzzle piece to the
class.
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Create a Puzzle Piece
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Commemorate a victim of the Holocaust by creating a
puzzle piece in his or her honor.
PICTURE & NAME of your child
 Information to remember about him/her
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– Who was your child?
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Where did he/she come from?
Was he/she sent to a camp, ghetto, or hiding?
Did he/she survive?
Include any interesting facts you would like to add.
All written information must be TYPED and the
piece must be DECORATED.
Create something to be proud of. Try your best.
INGE AUERBACHER
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The following slides show examples of
research notes and a puzzle piece
information for one child of the Holocaust.
The Inge Auerbacher Family
This is Inge
Auerbacher with her
family
 The title of her book
is I Am a Star
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The Jewish People Imprisoned
Thereseinsdt Ghetto
Czechoslovakia
15.000 children were
imprisoned there
Inge was one of only
100 children to
survive
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A young girl unsure of her fate
A girl from the
Theresienstadt ghetto
who was put on one of
the transports to
Auschwitz camp. The girl
is wearing a yellow badge
and around her neck is a
string with a piece of
paper on which is written
the transport number 671.
Theresienstadt Ghetto
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THERESIENSTADT
On November 24, 1941, the Germans
established a Jewish ghetto in the fortress town
of Terezin, Czechoslovakia. Known by its
German name, Theresienstadt, until its liberation
on May 8, 1945, it functioned as a ghetto and
transit camp on the route to Auschwitz. Most of
those imprisoned in Theresienstadt were
German, Czech, Dutch, and Danish Jews; elderly
and prominent Jews and Jewish veterans of
World War I were also sent there.
Work Makes You Free
 This was a slogan used by the Nazis
 It was a cruel way of giving false hope to the Jewish
prisoners
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The Outcome of the Holocaust
Liberation of
concentration camp
prisoners
The defeat of Hitler
US and Soviet Troops
invade Germany
Nuremburg Trials
Puzzle Piece Sample Layout
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Born: December 31, 1934,
Kippenheim, Germany
Age 7, deported to the
Theresienstadt ghetto in
Czechoslovakia
May 8, 1945, Inge and her
parents were liberated from
the Theresienstadt ghetto
They emigrated to the
United States in May 1946.
Wrote I Am a Star