Looking through the eyes of those
who suffered…
Lisa VanBeveren
North Syracuse Junior High School
lvanbeve@nscsd.org
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Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning
"sacrifice by fire."
In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood
at over nine million. Most European Jews lived
in countries that Nazi Germany would occupy
or influence during World War II. By 1945, the
Germans and their collaborators killed nearly
two out of every three European Jews as part of
the "Final Solution," the Nazi policy to murder
the Jews of Europe.
We will be define the problem of the Holocaust as
a class.
We will then look at pictures from the time and
collect evidence of the injustices the Jewish
population faced.
PPA
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The Holocaust was the systematic persecution
and murder of approximately six million Jews
by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
"The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in
January 1933, believed that Germans were
"racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed
"inferior," were an threat to the so-called
German racial community.
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Define as a class.
Based on your prior knowledge, what are some
of the injustices the Jewish population faced?
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You will be viewing six photographs and a
short video
As you watch please gather evidence of
injustices that the Jewish population faced
during the Holocaust.
Record your observations on the note sheet
provided.
We will have a class discussion based on the
evidence you gathered.
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Please use the evidence sheet provided to
record your observations as you view the
following slides.
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Evidence Sheet
Imagine the conditions on those trains. What would it
be like? How would you feel?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
Notice their clothing. What do you see? What does
that mean?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
Look at the details of this picture. How are the prisoners dressed?
How are they standing? What inferences can you make?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
Based on this photo, what inferences can you make about
the treatment in the camps?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
Imagine sleeping in these quarters.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
Link to video from the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum website about the liberation of
death camp known as Auschwitz.
Video
Maximize the Real Player video screen to view
the video.
What statements can you make about the
treatment of the Jewish population based
on the evidence gathered while looking at
the photographs and video?