For Classroom Learning
This page serves as a guide for teachers using this website to supplement their curriculum on the Holocaust. Below, several themes relevant to these interviews have been laid out with related clips.
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The Individual's Role
What can one person do in the face of a seemingly insurmountable problem?
Source 1: Lilianne Birch
Lilliane Birch, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, discusses what individuals can do to combat hate.
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Source 3: Albert Silverstein
Holocaust survivor and psychologist Albert Silverstein gives his view on the alternative to finding a scapegoat in harsh times.
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Source 2: Axel Hoffer
Psychoanalyst Axel Hoffer talks about how Hitler convinced German citizens of his ability to save them from their troubles.
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Note: Source 3 works well as a follow-up to Source 2
2
Kindness Goes a Long Way
It's something we've been taught for our whole lives, yet it still needs to be hammered home.
Source 1: Alice Goldstein
Holocaust survivor Alice Goldstein shares her beliefs on how to treat others.
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Source 2: Lilianne Birch
Lilianne Birch anecdotally tells of how her mother's kindness in high school had an incredible impact years later at Auschwitz.
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Survivors' Varying Openness to Discussion
For survivors, the ability to talk about the horrors they faced can range anywhere from speaking with no hesitation to being unable to discuss their experiences at all.
Source 1: Edith Winick
Holocaust survivor Edith Winick explains what it was like in her family when it came to talking about their experiences.
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Source 2: Albert Silverstein
According to Albert Silverstein, it was relatively easy for his parents to share their stories from the Holocaust and answer his questions.
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Source 3: Axel Hoffer
Dr. Axel Hoffer discusses the fact that while the survivors he psychoanalyzed "described Auschwitz like it was yesterday," there are many local survivors who didn't get involved with the reparations program at all.
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