Transcript Children of the Holocaust

Children of the
Holocaust
The Innocent Victims of Prejudice
and Genocide
Your Assignments
Look up a child of the Holocaust that you
would like to know more about
 Print out the biography of the child of your
choice
 Create an expository writing that explains
this child’s tragic life
 Create a commemorative button honoring
this child
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The Expository Writing
Assignment
An expository writing takes ideas and content : <Describes it <Explains it
< Informs readers <Summaries it
Introduction: State the topic in the form of a topic sentence
Include details that support the topic. (The topic is the life of this
child) You need to include a quote, parapharse and summarize
Include relevant information about this child’s tragic life: Child’s name, family
background, life in the camp or in hiding, circumstances of their death or
release
Conclusion: Restate the topic in a way different from the way the topic was
introduced. End the piece by leaving the reader with an idea to think about.
Biography of a Holocaust Victim
Type in Children of the
Holocaust on a
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Children of the
Holocaust
Choose a Child from the List
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Name
Birthdate
Hans Ament
February 15, 1934
Sura Andrezejko
1927
Ulrich Wolfgang ArnheimNovember 2, 1927
Inge Auerbacher December 31, 1934
Place
Vienna, Austria
Stawiski, Poland
Berlin, Germany
Kippenheim, Germany
Inge Auerbachber
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At age 4 she and her
father was placed in a
concentration camp
August 22, 1942 Inge
and her family were
deported to the
Theresienstadt camp in
Czechoslovakia
The Auerbacher Family
This is Inge
Auerbacher with her
family
 The title of her book
is I am a Star
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Daily Life of the Child You Selected
Terms you might need to explore
 Concentration Camps- Auschwitz, Dachau
 Ghettos-Thereseinstadt
 Kristallnacht-The night of broken glass
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.
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.
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
Cornell Note Taking Form
Child’s name
Quote
Family background
Life in the camp or in
hiding
Circumstances of death or
release
Paraphrase
Summary
What impact did Anne Frank
have on the lives of others?
What impact did Anne Frank
have on the lives of others?
Support Page_____
Topics
Summary
Details
Find evidence to support your
thesis
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Anne Frank