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Centropa Biography Film/Stolpersteine Assignment

History, other projects
In this project, students work in pairs to read Centropa biographies, create a 5 minute video about the interviewee, and design a Stolpersteine (commemorative stone) for them.
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Picturing Kristallnacht

History
This lesson commemorates Kristallnacht by having students examine how it was a turning point in the treatment of Jews in Germany and Austria. Taught within the context of the 8th grade Holocaust curriculum, the goal of the lesson is to personalize for students what happened by starting with their own photographs as a way connect to young Jews in Jews in Germany and Austria before the Nazi rise to power. We then used Centropa interview excerpts and photographs to learn first-hand memories of Kristallnacht.
8

European Jewry and the Holocaust

History
In this honors class, students play a major role in teaching their peers about the Holocaust. After the teacher covers the period from the rise of modern anti-Semitism to the...
11

Max Uri: Viennese Jewry in the 1930s

History

In this lesson, students will learn about early Zionism and Jewish life in Austria in the first part of the 20th Century. Students will engage themselves with materials on...

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Max Uri: Kristallnacht

History

In this lesson students will use a variety of the written stories from the Centropa website to gain an individualized and specific perspective on the events of Kristallnacht.  Students will...

11

Kitty and Otto Suschny: "Viennese Jewry In The 1930s"

History

In this lesson about "Viennese Jewry in the 1930’s", students will learn about early Zionism and Jewish life in Austria in the first part of the 20th Century.  Students...

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Kitty and Otto Suschny: Discussion points for the film.

History
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