The Innocent Victims of Prejudice and Genocide

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Children of the Holocaust

• The Innocent Victims of Prejudice and Genocide

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Between 1933 and 1945, the Germangovernment led
by Adolf Hitler and theNazi Party carried out
the systematicpersecution and murder of Europes
Jews.This genocide is now knownas the
Holocaust.www.ushmm.org
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The Nazi regime also persecuted and killed
millions of other people it consideredpolitically
, racially, or socially unfit.www.ushmm.org
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The Allies victory ended World War II, butNazi
Germany and its collaborators had leftmillions
dead and countless lives shattered.www.ushmm.org
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Your Assignments

1. Look up a child of the Holocaust that you have
   been assigned and will learn more about
2. Write Cornell Notes with a well written summary
   on your child.
3. Create a commemorative puzzle piece honoring this
   child.
4. Present puzzle piece and information about your
   child.

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RESEARCH

• You will research your child and create Cornell
  Notes with a summary on your child.

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Here is how to find your child

• Type in Children of the Holocaust, The Museum of
  Tolerance on a Google search
• Find the Education Tab
• Click Teacher Resources
• Scroll down to find the Children of the Holocaust
• www.museumoftolerance.com

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Cornell Note Taking Form
Childs Name Date of Birth, Place of Birth
Website Title Museum of Tolerance
Family Background
Life in the ghetto, camp or in hiding
Circumstances of death or release
Miscellaneous/Extra Info.
Summary According to the Museum of Tolerance website, Inge Auerbacher was (make sure to paraphrase all info.)
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COMMEMORATE

• You will be creating a commemorative puzzle piece
  about your child.
• You will present your puzzle piece to the class.

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Create a Puzzle Piece

• Commemorate a victim of the Holocaust by creating
  a puzzle piece in his or her honor.
• PICTURE NAME of your child
• Information to remember about him/her
• Who was your child?
• Where did he/she come from?
• Was he/she sent to a camp, ghetto, or hiding?
• Did he/she survive?
• Include any interesting facts you would like to
  add.
• All written information must be TYPED and the
  piece must be DECORATED.
• Create something to be proud of. Try your best.

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INGE AUERBACHER

• The following slides show examples of research
  notes and a puzzle piece information for one
  child of the Holocaust.

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The Inge Auerbacher Family

• This is Inge Auerbacher with her family
• The title of her book is I Am a Star

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The Jewish People Imprisoned

• Thereseinsdt Ghetto
• Czechoslovakia
• 15.000 children were imprisoned there
• Inge was one of only 100 children to survive

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A young girl unsure of her fate

• A girl from the Theresienstadt ghetto who was
  put on one of the transports to Auschwitz camp.
  The girl is wearing a yellow badge and around her
  neck is a string with a piece of paper on which
  is written the transport number - 671.

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Theresienstadt Ghetto

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•  THERESIENSTADT 
•  On November 24, 1941, the Germans established a
  Jewish ghetto in the fortress town of Terezin,
  Czechoslovakia. Known by its German name,
  Theresienstadt, until its liberation on May 8,
  1945, it functioned as a ghetto and transit camp
  on the route to Auschwitz. Most of those
  imprisoned in Theresienstadt were German, Czech,
  Dutch, and Danish Jews elderly and prominent
  Jews and Jewish veterans of World War I were also
  sent there.

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• Work Makes You Free
• This was a slogan used by the Nazis
• It was a cruel way of giving false hope to the
  Jewish prisoners

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The Outcome of the Holocaust

• Liberation of concentration camp prisoners
• The defeat of Hitler
• US and Soviet Troops invade Germany
• Nuremburg Trials

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Puzzle Piece Sample Layout

• Born December 31, 1934, Kippenheim, Germany
• Age 7, deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in
  Czechoslovakia
• May 8, 1945, Inge and her parents were liberated
  from the Theresienstadt ghetto
• They emigrated to the United States in May 1946.
• Wrote I Am a Star

Inge Auerbachber