Children of the Holocaust The Innocent Victims of Prejudice and Genocide

Between 1933 and 1945, the German government led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party carried out the systematic persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews. This genocide is now known as the Holocaust. www.ushmm.org

The Nazi regime also persecuted and killed millions of other people it considered politically, racially, or socially unfit. www.ushmm.org

The Allies’ victory ended World War II, but Nazi Germany and its collaborators had left millions dead and countless lives shattered. www.ushmm.org

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

STEP ONE: RESEARCH You will research the child you have been assigned and create Cornell Note’s with a summary on your child. Use The Museum of Tolerance Website to read about your assigned child. Use Cornell Note taking format to write what you have learned about your child.

Step One: Research 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

Cornell Note Taking Form Child’s Name: Date of Birth, Place of Birth Website Title: Museum of Tolerance (Don’t forget to cite your source in your summary.) 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 important information from your notes.)

STEP TWO: COMMEMORATE You will be creating a commemorative puzzle piece about your child. This commemorative puzzle piece will then be displayed when you present your child to the class during presentations.

Step Two: Create a Puzzle Piece Commemorate a victim of the Holocaust by creating a puzzle piece in his or her honor with the following info. 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.

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

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

The Jewish People Imprisoned Thereseinsdt Ghetto Czechoslovakia *15.000 children were imprisoned there *Inge was one of only 100 children to survive

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.

Theresienstadt Ghetto    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.

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

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

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

STEP THREE: PRESENTATIONS Now that you have learned about your child of the Holocaust and created a commemorative puzzle piece, the next step is to begin learning how to present your information to the class. More information about presentations will be given by your teacher.