Monday 26 January 2015

Never too young to remember - International Holocaust Remembrance Day

“If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, 
when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, 
will be held up as an example.” 

Anne Frank


January 27th is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day


On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, was liberated by the Soviet troops during World War II.

What is World War II?
http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/world-war-ii/why-did-world-war-ii-start

Learn more about the Remembrance Day at the following websites:

The United Nations site:
http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/

The Unesco site:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/commemoration-in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-holocaust/

Over one million children under the age of sixteen 
died in the Holocaust...


Children of the Holocaust


Click on the images below to open my Blendspace lessons about the Holocaust children and Anne Frank.





Anne Frank - A graphic biography

Anne Frank

Anne Frank - the only known video

STUDENTS' TASK

Click on the image below and surf the links.
Read and listen to some excerpts from Anne's diary, then take a quiz.



“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”
Primo Levi