The Day of Holocaust

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Comment by Adam Stepinski on January 26, 2009 at 11:27am

Dear Friends,
Tomorrow the Day of Holocaust is celebrated all over the world. We prepared a miniwebquest for you. I hope you will find it interesting.

Miniwebquest on holocaust and genocide


Task I
Answer the questions by having a look at the following sites:

When was the death camp in Auschwitz established?
Why did Germans establish it?
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/



How big was the area of the death camp in 1944?
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=...


What categories of prisoners were there in Auschwitz?
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=...


What happened to the children in Auschwitz?
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=...


What did life look like in the death camp?
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=...

What`s the total number of the victims in Auschwitz?
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/h/index.php?option=com_content&task=...

Photo Gallery
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&I...

Task II
Watch the film entitled “The Promise” and answer the questions below:
http://www.dhsthepromise.com/ThePromiseResources.htm

1.When did the war start?
2.Which country has the war taken place in?
3.How many victims of genocide have there been since 1900?
4.What is the opposite of love according to ElieWiesel? Do you agree with this statement? Why/ why not?

Comment by Nadezhda on January 27, 2009 at 5:48pm

Dear Adam, I'm so thankful to you for suggested topic for looking into by our students. Today we were discussing it the whole day through and thanks to you they will have an opportunity to learn a lot about Holocaust. Thank you, Nadya

Comment by Interfector on January 27, 2009 at 7:45pm

In Russia there lives one of the greatest writers who write about tragedic events in the world. His name is Vasilyi Grossman. One of his books "The Black Book" describes the horrors of the Holocaust. In would be good if we, living today, read this book written by him. It's unfair when someone decides whether you life have the right to live or not.
And I want to quote in conclusion: "All this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because a set of official gentlemen, living luxurious lives, mostly stupid, and all without imagination or heart, have chosen that it should occur rather than that any one of them should suffer some infinitesimal rebuff to his country's pride." - Bertrand Russell

Comment by Antonella Novello on January 28, 2009 at 1:06am

Dear Adam,
thanks for your great contribution to our site..
Unfortunately, considering what has happened on the Gaza strait recently, it seems as if man was not able to learn from his mistakes..
Some governors and politicians still think that the only solution is WAR ..But WAR cannot but increase HATRED among different peoples...

Comment by Adam Stepinski on January 28, 2009 at 4:17pm

Dear Antonella,
You are right. And our role is to make our students be aware of these matters. And they should know that these rules also apply to their everyday life.

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