Resistance In The Holocaust

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When I was younger, I always knew that my mom took her job very seriously, but I was never able to fully comprehend what she did as a teacher. Once I started getting older, I understood that in order to teach certain topics to students, she had to understand a lot about history. One of the topics she studied in order to teach her students was the history of the Holocaust, which indeed is very serious. Then I began hearing that word, “Holocaust,” in school and made the connection. That’s when the seriousness of her job started to resonate with me as a student as well as her daughter. One could probably say that this topic is interesting to virtually everyone who comes across it. However, for the reasons I indicated, it sparks a little bit more of an interest in me than the average person.
One of the many perks of being my mother’s daughter is that I’ve been able to go with her to workshops about the Holocaust both that she’s attended and created. Because of that, I have been fortunate enough to listen to survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides give testimony right in front of me. One thing I’ve observed through my exposure to Holocaust testimony is that I don’t know much about the topic of Holocaust resistance.
Why resistance? There are so many different aspects of the Holocaust to research, so why focus on this particular one? Well, I think it’s a great way for students to learn about the “silver lining” per se of this event. I think it’s a not-so-well-known aspect of a very well-known event. It’s important that people are aware that Jews and some non-Jews didn’t just sit back and let these horrific events go on without a fight. One can also loosely apply this idea of resistance to society today by saying that, to a lesse...

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...ories to inspire my own students to stand up for themselves and others in whatever capacity they have to do so.

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"Holocaust Encyclopedia" United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. .

Interviewed:
Bard, Sherry. Educational Programs, Project Director, 11/13/13 by email. 650 West 35th Street, Los Angeles, CA. 213-740-6001.

Batiste, Deborah. Assistant Project Director, 11/18/13 by email. 60 Chatham Court, Ocean Pines, MD. 410-208-9578

Hansen, Sheila. Director of Library Services, Western Dakota Tech, 11/17/13. 4024 Gallatin Ave, Spearfish, SD. 605-645-1810

Peters, Marjo. Middle School Teacher, 11/8/13. 525 E. Illinois, Spearfish, SD. 605-717-1215

Tambuscio, Colleen. High School Teacher New Milford High School, 11/13/13 by email. 1 Snyder Circle, New Milford, NJ. 201-320-8974

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