My Own Research of the Holocaust
Documentary Notes
While watching your documentary, record notes under the following headings.
Basic Information
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Documentary title
Year released
Director or production company
Length
Where you watched it
Analysis Questions
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. Summary
Write a summary (approximately 150–200 words) explaining:
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What is the documentary about?
Which events does it focus on?
Who are the main people featured?
2. Historical Knowledge
Identify five important facts you learned from the documentary.
For each fact:
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Explain it.
Describe why it is historically significant.
3. Historical Evidence
What types of historical evidence were used?
Examples may include:
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Survivor testimonies
Historical photographs
Government documents
Film footage
Interviews with historians
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Newspaper articles
Artefacts
Which type of evidence did you find most powerful? Explain why.
4. Perspective
Whose perspectives were included?
Consider:
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Survivors
Victims
Historians
Liberators
Perpetrators
Family members
Were any important perspectives missing?
5. Reliability
How reliable do you think this documentary is?
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Who produced it?
Did it use historical evidence?
Did it appear balanced?
Was there any bias?
Support your opinion with examples.