Rena
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Rena lives in Jerusalem, Israel, but was born in Piotrków, Poland in 1935 where about 20% of the residents were Jewish. She was protected by several women who she calls her mothers; none of her biological family survived the Holocaust.
Her adoptive mother gave her the name and birthday of her own deceased daughter.
In this course about Rena’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-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 - Other Holocaust Survivors’ Testimonies:
https://thelastones.education/courses/
Course Content
Rena’s Testimony
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