Rachel
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In this moving testimony, Rachel recounts the loss of her parents, the terrifying final roundup that claimed every remaining Jew in her town except her and her brother, the emotional scars that followed liberation, and the painful separation from Léon after the war. She also shares how, years later, she and her brother reunited in America and dedicated themselves to honoring the family that had saved them by ensuring they were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.
In this course about Rachel’s story, 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-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
- Other Holocaust Survivors’ Testimonies:
https://thelastones.education/courses/
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Rachel’s Testimony
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