The Holocaust - May 12, 2011

Objective

• Analyze the causes of the Holocaust
  
• Evaluate the role of individual responsibility in the Holocaust
  

Agenda

1. No Warm-up: "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world he is responsible for everything he does." - John Paul Sartre
   
2. Niemoller Poem
3. Facts & Propaganda
4. Readings
   
1. Poems & Writings from Terezin
2. The Confession
3. Himmler's Speech at Posen
5. Video: One Survivor Remembers