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The Holocaust

Catastrophe. What does catastrophe mean? What is a working definition for your group?. Catastrophes. Who is likely to study human catastrophes and why?What kinds of questions would people studying human catastrophes want to answer?How would the questions be different from questions that might

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The Holocaust

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    1. The Holocaust “Some of the people disapproved, but their disapproval was only silence…” Kurt Messerschmidt, Jewish Survivor

    2. Catastrophe What does catastrophe mean? What is a working definition for your group?

    3. Catastrophes… Who is likely to study human catastrophes and why? What kinds of questions would people studying human catastrophes want to answer? How would the questions be different from questions that might be asked about natural catastrophes?

    4. Vocabulary for Holocaust Introduction… Brownshirts Jehovah’s Witness Collaborator Kristallnacht Program Nazi Concentration Camp Discrimination Pogrom Reich European Jewry Genocide Shoah Gestapo Sinti-Roma Gypsies Survivor Holocaust Homosexual

    5. Kristallnacht Program 1938, several laws passed in Germany restricting Jewish economic activity and occupational opportunities. July 1938, Jews required to carry identification cards Late 1938, 17,000 Polish Jews arrested and relocated to the Polish frontier in “relocation camps”

    6. Kristallnacht… Among the deportees- Zindel Grynszpan Moved to Hanover, Germany, in 1911 Owned a store 27 October forced to move back to Poland with his family The store and home were confiscated by the Nazis

    7. Kristallnacht… Grynszpan’s seventeen year old son was living in Paris at the time… Decides to shoot the German ambassador in France: Nov. 7th Ambassador is away from the embassy and Grynszpan decides to shoot a low ranking diplomat. Third Secretary, Ernst vom Roth: Died Nov. 9th

    8. Kristallnacht… Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Chief of Propaganda, views the killing as an attack against the Reich Launches the Kristallnacht Program “ Night of the Broken Glass” November 9th and 10th 7500 businesses destroyed 100 Jews Killed 30,000 Jews arrested and sent to Camps

    9. Assignment What questions do you have about your document? Does your document justify what happened in the Kristallnacht Program? What do you think the relevance of the document is for the events that have recently taken place in Germany?

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