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A LESSON IN TOLERANCE May we never let it happen again…

Explore the events and causes of World War II, the Holocaust, and the life of Elie Wiesel, a prominent Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Learn about the importance of tolerance and the consequences of hatred and prejudice.

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A LESSON IN TOLERANCE May we never let it happen again…

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  1. A LESSON IN TOLERANCE May we never let it happen again…

  2. NIGHT BY ELIE WIESEL Why did World War II happen?

  3. WWII > why did it happen? world • Nationalistic tension • Unresolved issues from world war I • Effects of the great depression • Economic turmoil in Germany • Political vacuum in Germany • 1937 Japanese invasion of china • 1939 German invasion of Poland • 1941 Japanese bombing of pearl harbor war II

  4. WWII > who? The Allies The Axis United States of America Nazi Germany United Soviet Socialist Republic japan United Kingdom Italy China Hungary France Romania Poland Bulgaria Canada Finland Australia Thailand New Zealand Iraq South Africa Netherlands

  5. Holocaust (hol·o·caust): n - 1. Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire 2. Greek word that means burnt whole or consumed by fire

  6. Holocaust Victims… • 6 million Jews • 1.5 million children under 12 • “Other Undesirables” • 5 million 11 MILLION KILLED

  7. Conditions in Germany at the end of WWI • Germany was a defeated nation • Peace Treaty requirements • Stock Market Crash • Nazis and Germans are not the same • Nazi Party • German citizens

  8. WWII > who was Hitler? • A German soldier in world war I • A powerful public speaker • The man Germany hoped would help fix their economic problems in the aftermath of world war I • The elected leader of Germany • The leader of the Nazi political party • An enemy of the Jewish people • The infamous initiator of the holocaust, one of the worst events in human history. Adolf Hitler

  9. Adolf Hitler courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives Photo credit: USHMM Photo Archives Photo credit: National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives

  10. Rise of the Nazi Party • Hitler’s Promises • Better life • Germany great nation • Racial purity courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives Hitler Youth Parade Hitler Youth march through Nuremberg, Germany past Nazi officials.

  11. In the Beginning… The Nuremberg Laws

  12. “You have no right to live among us as Jews.”

  13. “You have no right to live among us.”

  14. “You have no right to live !” Photo credit: Leopold Page Photographic Collection

  15. 1936 Olympics German citizens salute Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives

  16. Family being forced into Ghettos

  17. Ghetto Star

  18. People being “resettled” to Concentration Camps

  19. Prisoners arriving at the camps…

  20. Entrance to Auschwitz “Work will set you free”

  21. Crowded Conditions

  22. Photo credit: German NationalArchives

  23. Even the very young…

  24. eyeglasses

  25. Shoes

  26. Resistance • Righteous Among the Nations • Oskar Schindler • Raoul Wallenberg • Varian Fry Fry Wallenberg Schindler

  27. Liberated Russian children cheer / Dachau

  28. Prejudice Anger Racism Scapegoat Hatred tolerance Stereotypes Ignorance Blame Intimidation Bigotry

  29. What role will you play?

  30. Conscience and Courage

  31. “In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me – and by that time no one was left to speak up.” -Reverend Martin Niemoeller, Protestant minister, Germany, and concentration camp survivor

  32. Have Any Genocides Occurred Since the Holocaust? • Holocaust refers specifically to the Jewish/Undesirables Genocide we have presented today • Genocide - mass murder of a group of people • 1988 Kurdish genocide in Turkey and Iraq • 1990 Rwandan genocide in Africa • 1991 – 1995 Bosnian genocide in Europe May we never let it happen again…

  33. Auschwitz - Birkenau

  34. NIGHT BY ELIE WIESEL Who was Elie Wiesel?

  35. WWII > who is Elie Wiesel? • One of the most discussed Jewish holocaust survivors • Born in Romania • Family was deported and bounced from camp to camp • Won Nobel peace prize in 1986 • Born 9/30/28 • Published night in 1960, but it took 3 years to sell 3,000 copies • Today, his memoir has been translated into 30 languages. It has been selected to Oprah Winfrey’s book club. • He refused to make a film. Elie Wiesel

  36. WWII > who is Elie Wiesel? Elie Wiesel's Home In Sighet, Romania 2010 time 100 Photo credit: David Shankbone

  37. WWII > who is Elie Wiesel? addressing the United States Congress Buchenwald, 1945. Wiesel is in the second row from the bottom, seventh from the left. 2008 World Economic Forum

  38. WWII > who is Elie Wiesel? Elie Wiesel’s memoir night

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