Joseph
About Course
Today, Joseph and his wife, Ruth, live in a small apartment in Tel Aviv, Israel, filled with memorabilia from his past. He speaks English, French, and Dutch. Though both of his parents were Polish, he was born in Amsterdam in 1937 making him 88 years old at the time of this film. Joseph was an only child.
In this course you will learn to:
- Define the Holocaust as the planned and systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
- Define antisemitism as prejudice against or hatred of Jewish people.
- Recognize the Holocaust as history’s most extreme example of antisemitism.
- Draw parallels between the past and the present to understand why we must study history.
- Arm themselves with facts so that when they are confronted with Holocaust denial, they can speak out.
Before You Begin Teaching about the Holocaust:
Please refer to this guide from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for important pedagogical information for all teachers of Holocaust education:
- Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org):
Horrors of Auschwitz: The Numbers Behind WWII’s Deadliest Concentration Camp:
https://www.history.com/news/auschwitz-concentration-camp-numbersTimeline of major events that occurred before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust:
https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/resource-center/timeline.html- Horrors of Auschwitz: The Numbers Behind WWII’s Deadliest Concentration Camp:
https://www.history.com/news/auschwitz-concentration-camp-numbers
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Joseph’s Testimony
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