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Lessons learned from Anne Frank and the Holocaust

 

excerpt from Anne Frank's diary

                                                                                                      

The Diary of Anne Frank is a true story of hope born in modern history's greatest evil; the holocaust.

Anne Frank and her family are trapped in a secret apartment while Nazis and their sympathizers systematically hunt any Jewish people remaining in the occupied territories. In hiding, Anne wrote a diary to express her innermost thoughts, hopes, and ideals. Her testimony now stands as one of the most important artifacts from WWII.

Explore the events that were the prelude to WWII. Explore the testimonies of those trapped in occupied Europe. Explore the conditions that enabled Hitler to rise to power, and the indominable spirit of those who survived his reign!!!!

1.    What is Fascism?

2.    How were people affected by Fascism in Italy and Germany?

3.    Why did Congress pass the U.S. Neutrality Acts?

4.    What actually started the war in 1940?

5.    What countries were occupied by Germany?

6.    What economic conditions enabled Hitler to come to power in Germany?

7.    What was the Dawes Plan, and why did Hitler pull out of it?

8.    What was the Smoot-Holly Tariff and how did it effect Germany and Japan?

9.    What restrictions were placed on Jews in occupied Europe?

10.  What was school like for Anne and Margot Frank before going into hiding?

11.  What were conditions like for Jews who went into hiding?

12.  What were conditions like for Jews who were sent to concentration camps?

13.  What were the differences between camps like Westerbork and those like Auschwitz?

14.  What was the secret annex?

15.  How did others describe Anne Frank?