Tag: HOLOCAUST

What is happening in terms of events? or time? (sometimes the author tells the reader how much time they spend in one location.What emotions are described by the author? How is he feeling? How are YOU feeling?

What events took place in this section or chapter you read? Where were people traveling to? From? Where were they staying?

What is happening in terms of events? or time? (sometimes the author tells the reader how much time they spend in one location. This is an interesting detail and timeline to follow.)

What emotions are described by the author? How is he feeling? How are YOU feeling? What emotions do you have as you read? Write those down.

What were the victims of this genocide thinking and feeling as they went through this terrible process?What were the otherwise good people of Germany thinking when they allowed it to go on?

Select any 2 poems about the Holocaust. You can select from the following list of poets/poems or conduct additional research on Holocaust poetry. Make sure to get approval from your instructor if you are selecting something not on the list. Click on the link to see the list:

Write an analysis of each poem, including the following information:

Explain the background on the author, especially in relation to the Holocaust.

Explain the content of the poem – what story or message is it trying to tell?

How does the poem relate to the bigger picture of the Holocaust?

How effective is the poem in relating the Holocaust to readers?

Select any 2 of works of art about the Holocaust. You can select from the following list or conduct additional research on Holocaust art. Make sure to get approval from your instructor if you are selecting something not on the list. Click on the link to see the list:

Write an analysis of each artwork, including the following information:

Identify the title, artist, date completed, and medium used.

Explain the content of the artwork – what do the images show?

How does the artwork relate to the bigger picture of the Holocaust?

How effective is the artwork in relating the Holocaust to viewers?

Write a paper on what you learned about peoples’ experiences and intentions during the Holocaust:

What were the Nazis thinking of when they made these decisions?

What were the otherwise good people of Germany thinking when they allowed it to go on?

What were the victims of this genocide thinking and feeling as they went through this terrible process?

Describe at least one part of the video that had the greatest impact on you.

How effective are the writings/images in the video in relating the Holocaust to viewers?
Writing Requirements (APA format)

 

Discuss what is its wider significance to the history of the Holocaust.describe the identification, answering what is it (2 points) and when was it (1 point)?

History, 10 questions, but not multiple choices.

Each response should describe the identification, answering what is it (2 points) and when was it (1 point)?
Each should also discuss what is its wider significance to the history of the Holocaust (2 points)?
Each identification should be at least 100 words in length (5 points).

How and why did the anti-Semitism of the time before the French Revolution differ from the anti-Semitism that emerged after the French Revolution? Be certain to make reference to specific writings.

THE HOLOCAUST

1. Explain the causes of prejudice as it has been presented to you in my lecture and in your readings. Be certain to give examples of each cause you discuss.

2. In the film series Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, Abba Eban discusses the many different ways Jews attempted to deal with centuries of exile, discrimination, and persecution. Discuss these ways.

3. How and why did the anti-Semitism of the time before the French Revolution differ from the anti-Semitism that emerged after the French Revolution? Be certain to make reference to specific writings.

4. Explain in detail the racial theory of Adolf Hitler as he presents it in Chapter 11 of Mein Kampf, “Volk und Rasse” (“People and Race.”)

5. The Nazis came to power in Germany in January of 1933 by perfectly legal, constitutional means; by the summer of 1934 they had transformed Germany’s democratic republic into a totalitarian dictatorship. How did Hitler and his followers effect this transformation?