UNDERSTANDING THE VOICES AND CHOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE HOLOCAUST

June 29-30, 2015

Turning Neighbor Against Neighbor

Essential Questions

• How does identity influence the choices made?

• What other factors influenced choices?

• What were the consequences of those choices?

People have choices, choices make history

Turning Neighbor Against Neighbor: The Nazis In Power

Each group has been assigned a reading that looks at the effects of Hitler’s consolidation of power in the 1930’s on the lives of ordinary Germans. The following is a list of selected readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior:

1. “Taking Over the Universities” p. 1722. “Do You Take the Oath?” p.1983. “Defining a Jew” and “The People Respond” p. 201 & 2034. “Changes at School” p. 1755. “The Birthday Party” p. 237

Instructions1. After you and your group members read your assigned selection, please

discuss the following questions as a group: A. What is the dilemma/decision presented in the reading?

B. What is the range of choices/options that the individual faces?

C. What is the ultimate decision that person makes? How do you account for that decision?

2. Based on your discussion, create a visual representation of the moral dilemma in your reading.

Group Presentations