Peter
About Course
Peter Fuchs was born in 1929 in Dusseldorf, Germany. He was an only child born to a Jewish mother and a Catholic father. During the war, Peter was not allowed to study music, but years later he became a renowned maestro in Broadway orchestras. At the time of the interview (2025) he was 96 years old.
In this course you will learn to:
The Holocaust was the planned, systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. This genocide was fueled by antisemitism, which means prejudice against or hatred of Jewish people. The Holocaust is history’s most extreme example of antisemitism.
By learning Peter’s story, students arm themselves with truth. When they encounter Holocaust denial or antisemitism, they’ll have the knowledge and courage to speak out—and to ensure history is never forgotten.
- Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org):
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Horrors of Auschwitz: The Numbers Behind WWII’s Deadliest Concentration Camp:
https://www.history.com/news/auschwitz-concentration-camp-numbers -
Timeline 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
Course Content
Peter’s Testimony
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