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Thursday – February 26, 2015
Mr. Lombardi
Aim: How would you have reacted to
the injustices committed during the
Holocaust?
Do Now:
1. Describe a time when you or someone else stood
up for a person or group of people who were being
treated unjustly.
2. What would have happened if you did not stand
up for this person or these people?
World War II: The War in The Pacific
• Japan lacked natural resources; becomes
imperialistic in order to obtain them.
• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in response to the
United States’ embargo.
• The US declares war on Japan; Germany
declares war on the US.
• Two atomic bombs are dropped on Japan
(Hiroshima and Nagasaki) on August 6 and 9,
1945.
Activity #1
Quote Analysis
“First they came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”
- Martin Niemoller
1. Explain the quote in your own words.
2. Based on what you know about Hitler and the Nazis,
would you “speak out” or remain silent? Explain why.
Three Stages of Persecution of the Jews
Stage 1
Anti-Semitic Policies
Stage 2
Denial of Rights
(Nuremberg Laws)
Stage 3
Acceleration of
Persecution
1. Forming of the SS
(secret police)
1. Jews lost German
citizenship
1.
2. Selective breeding
2. No protection from
the police
2. The Final Solution;
The Holocaust
3. Educational
programs
3. No land-ownership
4. Jewish businesses
4. Separation
(living/working
areas)
5. No intermarriage
Kristallnacht
(“Crystal Night”, The
Night of Broken Glass)
Activity #2
• Read the handout, The Holocaust, with a
partner.
– One partner reads the “questions”, the other
partner reads the “answers”.
• Answer The Holocaust questions together
(second handout).
Activity #3 - Night by Elie Wiesel
DO NOT write
in or on the
Night packet!
DO NOT write
in or on the
Night packet!
DO NOT write
in or on the
Night packet!
DO NOT write
in or on the
Night packet!
Summary
• Write a mini-essay 2-3 paragraphs
– Choose a Point of View and answer the AIM (How
would you have reacted to the injustices committed
during the Holocaust?)
– *Justify your reaction with details from the WWII unit
Choose a
Point of View

•Reporter
•Character from Night
•Journalist
•Jew
•German Citizen
•Nazi Soldier
•American
•Etc.
Regents Prep - World War II
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. Given what you know about Hitler and the NazisWould you “speak out” or remain silent? Explain
why
2. Why would you consider the “final solution” an
act of genocide?
3. Why do you believe the rest of the world stood
by while the Holocaust took place in Germany?
4. How did the persecution of Jews evolve
throughout Hitler’s reign as leader of Germany?
5. How would you have reacted to the injustices
committed during the Holocaust?