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Provides a starting point for teachers to illuminate this crucial event in world history. Using a vast array of source materials - from literature and film to survivor testimonies and interviews - the contributors demonstrate how to guide students through these sensitive and painful subjects within their specific historical and social contexts.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments xi
  • Introduction: The Challenges and Necessity of Teaching the Holocaust in the Twenty-First Century 3
  • Laura J. Hilton and Avinoam Patt
  • Part One: Teaching Specific Content
  • Antisemitism: Understanding Its Meaning, Context, and History When Teaching the Holocaust 19
  • Jonathan Elukin
  • The Rise of Nazism 32
  • Mark E. Spicka
  • Legislation as a Path to Persecution 45
  • Russel Lemmons and Laura J. Hilton
  • Jewish Responses to Nazism in Vienna after the Anschluss 60
  • Ilana F. Offenberger
  • Understanding the Holocaust in the Context of World War II 81
  • Waitman Wade Beorn
  • Tools of the State: The Universe of Nazi Camps 95
  • Geoffrey P. Megargee
  • The Decentralized System of Nazi Ghettos in Eastern Europe 108
  • Martin Dean
  • Teaching about Collaboration: A Case Study Approach 127
  • Steven P. Remy
  • Resistance and Rescue 142
  • Laura J. Hilton
  • Life in the Aftermath: Jewish Displaced Persons 159
  • Avinoam Patt
  • Postwar Trials and Justice 178
  • Gabriel N. Finder
  • Part Two: Sources, Methods, and Media for Teaching the Holocaust
  • Teaching with Holocaust Diaries: Voices from the Chasm 199
  • Amy Simon
  • Strategies for Teaching the Holocaust with Memoirs 213
  • Jennifer Goss
  • Teaching Holocaust Literature in the Twenty-First Century 228
  • Victoria Aarons
  • The Grey Zone of Holocaust Education: Teaching with Film 243
  • Alan S. Marcus
  • Survivor Testimonies and Interviews 261
  • Margarete Myers Feinstein
  • Teaching with Photographs 275
  • Valerie HÉbert
  • Teaching the Holocaust in Museums 294
  • Daniel Greene
  • Memorials, Monuments, and the Obligation of Memory 309
  • Stuart Abrams
  • Why Should We Teach the Holocaust Today and Tomorrow? 326
  • Robert Hadley
  • Contributors 341
  • Index 347

    Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust

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        Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
        Published 6 December 2022
        ISBN-13 9780299328641
        978-0299328641
        ISBN-10 0299328643
        Also in:
        History: specific events and topics The Holocaust

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Provides a starting point for teachers to illuminate this crucial event in world history. Using a vast array of source materials - from literature and film to survivor testimonies and interviews - the contributors demonstrate how to guide students through these sensitive and painful subjects within their specific historical and social contexts.

        Table of Contents
        • Acknowledgments xi
        • Introduction: The Challenges and Necessity of Teaching the Holocaust in the Twenty-First Century 3
        • Laura J. Hilton and Avinoam Patt
        • Part One: Teaching Specific Content
        • Antisemitism: Understanding Its Meaning, Context, and History When Teaching the Holocaust 19
        • Jonathan Elukin
        • The Rise of Nazism 32
        • Mark E. Spicka
        • Legislation as a Path to Persecution 45
        • Russel Lemmons and Laura J. Hilton
        • Jewish Responses to Nazism in Vienna after the Anschluss 60
        • Ilana F. Offenberger
        • Understanding the Holocaust in the Context of World War II 81
        • Waitman Wade Beorn
        • Tools of the State: The Universe of Nazi Camps 95
        • Geoffrey P. Megargee
        • The Decentralized System of Nazi Ghettos in Eastern Europe 108
        • Martin Dean
        • Teaching about Collaboration: A Case Study Approach 127
        • Steven P. Remy
        • Resistance and Rescue 142
        • Laura J. Hilton
        • Life in the Aftermath: Jewish Displaced Persons 159
        • Avinoam Patt
        • Postwar Trials and Justice 178
        • Gabriel N. Finder
        • Part Two: Sources, Methods, and Media for Teaching the Holocaust
        • Teaching with Holocaust Diaries: Voices from the Chasm 199
        • Amy Simon
        • Strategies for Teaching the Holocaust with Memoirs 213
        • Jennifer Goss
        • Teaching Holocaust Literature in the Twenty-First Century 228
        • Victoria Aarons
        • The Grey Zone of Holocaust Education: Teaching with Film 243
        • Alan S. Marcus
        • Survivor Testimonies and Interviews 261
        • Margarete Myers Feinstein
        • Teaching with Photographs 275
        • Valerie HÉbert
        • Teaching the Holocaust in Museums 294
        • Daniel Greene
        • Memorials, Monuments, and the Obligation of Memory 309
        • Stuart Abrams
        • Why Should We Teach the Holocaust Today and Tomorrow? 326
        • Robert Hadley
        • Contributors 341
        • Index 347

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