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So, why did the Germans keep
such a careful record in
photographs, films, and
documents?
So, why did the Germans keep such a
careful record in photographs, films,
and documents?
• While the Germans destroyed some of the
historical record at the end of the war and
some German records were destroyed
during the Allied bombing of German cities,
Allied armies captured millions of
documents during the conquest of Germany
in 1945. Allied prosecutors submitted some
3,000 tons of records at the Nuremberg trial.
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• During the Nuremberg trial, Nazi Germany's
dedicated filming of itself was also turned into
evidence of its crimes.
• From the earliest beginnings of the Nazi Party in
the 1920s, through the military invasions of
World War II and graphic depictions of
atrocities, German photographers and camera
crews recorded (often proudly) what they
accomplished in pursuit of their ideology.
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"We will show you
their own films"
• On November 29, 1945, only a week into the
trial, the IMT prosecution introduced an hourlong film titled "The Nazi Concentration
Camps."
• When the lights came up in the Palace of
Justice all assembled sat in silence. The human
impact of this visual evidence was a turning
point in the Nuremberg trial. It brought the
Holocaust into the courtroom.
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• Pink Gestapo arrest warrants
• Schindler’s List
• Anne Frank’s file
• “Death books”
• Head lice
Write a 5-line poem.
• Reflect on what you heard and learned about today
in class, and then respond by writing a five-line
poem. It does not have to rhyme, but it should be
at least five lines and have some type of message.
• Make it meaningful… Really put some thought into
your word choice and what you want to say.
• You should type these and then print them out for
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Write an 8-line poem.
• Reflect on what you heard and learned about today
in class, and then respond by writing a eight-line
poem. It does not have to rhyme, but it should be
at least eight lines and have some type of message.
• Make it meaningful… Really put some thought into
your word choice and what you want to say.
• You should type these and then print them out for
tomorrow. Use a font that is easy to read, and
enlarge them to be at least 20-point font.