Thursday, May 12, 2011

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