Remembering the Holocaust and Combating Xenophobia on January 27th
A Classroom Activity for Junior and Senior High School Students
(Duration: 1 Hour)
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Children in the Holocaust
This ceremony is designed for pupils in grades 9-12 (ages 15-18).
The teacher may use this lesson plan as an addition to the ceremony, either as a preparation to the ceremony or as a summation of the ceremony. The lesson plan may also be used as an alternative to the ceremony and as an extra history lesson teaching the subject of World War Two.
A million and a half Jewish children were murdered by the Nazis.
How did the Jewish children grow up under Nazi rule?
How could a child grow up when people related to him as a dangerous enemy?
Did these children have a "childhood"?
Proposal for 2-3 lessons.
Our recommendation is to approach each subject in the following order:
1. About the meaning of childhood
2. About adult-child relations – natural and self-evident?
3. The Jewish child in the Nazi ideology
4. The Jewish child during the Holocaust: Extracts of testimonies in the light of the UN Declaration of 5. Children’s Rights
5. Conclusion
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