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Escalating Violence
Introduce your students to the history of antisemitic pogroms and how they escalated into genocidal violence.
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Proclamation Inciting a Jewish Pogrom (1903)View Lesson
Analyze an antisemitic document from 1903 to understand how the lie that Jews killed Jesus was used to incite violence against Jews. -
Kristallnacht: The November 1938 PogromsView Lesson
This lesson will help students understand the events of Kristallnacht and the different views and perspectives of those who witnessed it. This lesson will allow them to gain a deeper understanding of the varying human reactions to this violent pogrom against the Jews. -
At the Gates of DeathView Lesson
Students will watch videos and testimonies to learn about people’s experiences at Auschwitz and other extermination camps. -
Justice and AccountabilityView Lesson
Go over documents used during the Nuremberg Trials. (Some of the images contain graphic content.) Students will learn how the Nuremberg Trials came to be and the lasting impact these trials had on future cases of international injustice.