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Piroska Hamos -- Life on the Danube

Piroska Hamos was born in Balassagyarmat, a small town in North-Eastern Hungary in 1912, to the family of Armin Schultz, a gentleman's tailor. Her mother Jozefin died very young. Piroska had one sister, Etel, born in 1912. When their father remarried, they moved to Budapest, where Piroska went to school. She started at a commercial high school but dropped out after two years when she married her second-cousin, Imre Hahn.

Imre, born in 1899 in Budapest, worked as a clerk at the Hungarian Royal River and Sea Shipping Stock Company. Imre had a row boat.

Piroska and Imre converted in 1934 because Imre worked for a state company which did not like employing Jews. However, they were still treated as Jews when the anti-Jewish laws were introduced in Hungary. Imre was taken to forced labor and died in Balf little before their liberation. Piroska and her sister were deported to Ravensbrück (both survived). Piroska's daughters were in the Budapest ghetto with Piroska's sister-law, Klari. Piroska never remarried and raised her two daughters alone. After the war she worked in the ministry of health. She died at the age of 93 in 2005.

Lesson plans for this film

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Preserving Jewish Memory: A Family Education Program
etika, hit- és erkölcstan
Just as we pass the Torah from one generation to the next at bar and bat mitzvahs, so do we pass family stories dor l’dor (from generation to generation). Stories connect us to our history, our traditions, and who we are.That’s why Centropa, a Jewish historical institute in Vienna, Austria, collected the stories of over 1200 elderly Jews in Central and Eastern Europe – and rather than using video we asked these survivors to tell us their entire life stories spanning the 20th century as they showed us their old family photographs. In other words, we preserved Jewish memory so it can be passed on dor l’dor.This approach – using photographs to tell stories – not only preserves the images of 20th century Jewish life, but we can use it to tell our own stories, as well. That means that Centropa is a valuable resource for guiding families in preserving their memories. In this program, families will watch and discuss several short films based on Centropa interviews, discuss how to find family stories, identify the stories they want to pass on to future generations, and talk about how they will collect them.Whether families have done a lot of research or none at all on their family histories, each family will benefit and learn from this program:Ÿ  Starting a family history project – those interested in starting a family history project going back to the first immigrants to America, or even before, will lay out an action plan for who they need to speak with, what questions they want to ask, etc.Ÿ  Stories of our immediate family – those interested in making sure the stories from their immediate family do not get lost will identify and outline the stories and photographs they want to collect, as well as any photograph, artifacts, etc.Ÿ  Making a family history film – those who have done a lot of research on their family history and want to explore telling those stories through film will create a storyboard for the film, using photographs and writing the narrative.Ÿ  Interviewing each other – those less interested in working on a family history will interview each other using the photographs they brought, as well as questions taken from Storycorps.Educators interested in extending this program so that families can work on collecting and telling their family stories – either through albums, family trees or videos – are invited to contact us so we can offer assistance in designing the subsequent sessions. 		en 6, 7, 8
Piroska Hamos: Lesson Plan on Post-War Jewish Life in Hungary
History
 The goal of this lesson plan on "Post-War Jewish Life in Hungary" is to explore Jewish life in Hungary before WWII. Life in Hungary for Jews during period of the Holocaust, as well as the Communist era, will be covered briefly through Powerpoint presentation.  The two lessons will end with a discussion about contemporary Jewish life in Hungary through the use of lecture/discussion, and the aides of website, videos and publications from Jewish organizations in Hungary.   		en 10
Piroska Hamos: Foundations of Halacha and Aggada
History
In this lesson about the "Foundations of Halacha and Aggada", Students will engage in a unit exploring various definitions of Jewish community. They will study both classical (Biblical and Rabbinic) texts and contemporary materials to consider ethical problems raised by living in community. These include ethical speech (leshon ha-ra and tochecha) and accepting differences.  Students expand their understanding of the Jewish community or communities in which they participate, and discuss what responsibilities membership in a community entails. This lesson allows students to compare and contrast their Jewish communities with less familiar ones.  They uncover several different ways of understanding what it means to participate in a Jewish community.  		en 8
A magyarországi holokauszt feldolgozása
Óraterv
History
Az óraterv a Hámos Imréné élettörténete alapján készült „Hámos Piroska - Élet a Dunán” című Centropa-filmet dolgozza fel 3x45 percben.Egy magyarországi zsidó család élettörténetén keresztül nyerhetünk bepillantást a hazai zsidóság 2. világháború alatti sorsába, amit a diákok személyes történeteken, és azok tanulságain keresztül ismerhetnek meg. Az óra során tanítványaink megismerhetik az alternatívák szükségességét és hasznát, hogy milyen tényezők motiválták a korban élő embereket döntéseik kialakításában, s mi lett a döntések következménye; milyen hatást gyakoroltak azok saját, vagy éppen az egész ország sorsának alakulására. 		hu 7, 11, 12, 8
Hogyan szól bele történelem az életembe?- Hámos Imréné, Piroska
Óraterv
etika, hit- és erkölcstan, History, judaisztika, osztályfőnöki óra
Hámos Imréné élettörténetének feldolgozása képi, szöveges és videó források alapján. Az óratervhez csatolt feladatlap az alábbi témákat érinti: egy zsidó család élete a két világháború között, zsidótörvények mindennapokra gyakorolt hatása,  kikeresztelkedés és névváltoztatás kérdésköre. 		hu 11, 12
Polgári életmód a két világháború közötti Magyarországon
Feladatbank, Óraterv, Projektterv
History
Az óra a hazai zsidóság két világháború közötti életmódjával foglakozik, bemutatva egyúttal a (kis)polgárság életmódját is. Segít közelebb hozni a korabeli mindennapokat, illetve segít felismerni a hsonlóságokat, különbségeket a korabeli és a mai életmódunk között.Az óra gyakorlatilag egy rövidfilm elemzésére épül. annak sem teljes terjedelmére,hanem a vészkorszak előtti időket bemutató részére. Az otthoni projektfeladat az életmódtörténet egy speciális szegmensével, a mindennapi étkezéssel foglalkozik. 		hu 7, 11
Hogyan alkalmazzunk projekteket a középiskolai történelemórákon?
Módszertani segédanyag, Projektterv
Sociology, History
A módszertani segédanyagban néhány javaslatot találtok arra, hogy a különböző tanítási egységekhez hogyan kapcsolhatunk szervesen projekteket, legyen azok végeredménye egy prezentáció, egy makett, vagy egy disputa. A javaslatok elsősorban az úgynevezett kényes témákhoz kapcsolódnak, így a romakérdéshez, zsidósorshoz, Trianon traumájához.  		hu 10, 11, 12, 9