8.5: After the Holocaust
Objective:
Students will be able to describe the challenges for survivors after the Holocaust by answering questions based on multiple stations
Vocabulary: Displaced Persons Camps, liberation, survivor's guilt, Nuremberg Trials, Zionism
Directions:
Get a copy of this worksheet. Complete the worksheet based on the stations below.
A: Allied Soldiers' First Impressions of Concentration Camps
Reading - "What we Found" - Allied quotes.pdfThis article above, entitled "What We Found," explores the impressions of Allied soldiers who came across abandoned concentration camps.
B: Liberation
Watch the video above to learn more about Liberation. In it you will hear the story of one survivor's day of liberation.
C: What next?
Reading - "Where Should we go From Here?" - Palestine, US, DP camp, or home?.pdfSurvivor's of the Holocaust were faced with a difficult decision as World War II came to a close: what next? The document above, entitled "Where Should we go from Here?," examines these difficult choices.
D: Psychological Wounds
It was normal for survivors of the Holocaust to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after their ordeal, which can include Death Imprints (constant memories), Survivor's Guilt, Numbness, and a Search for Meaning. The video above is an interview with Rubin Freidman, the child of a survivor of the Holocaust. In the video, Rubin discusses the psychological challenges his father underwent in the years after the Holocaust.
E: Punishment
Reading - Nuremberg Trials.pdfThis station explores how the Allies punished captured Nazis at the conclusion of the war.
F: Nazi Hunting
Reading - "Holocaust Criminals Still Unpunished!".pdfSome Nazis avoided capture at the end of World War II. The article above describes the hunt for escaped war criminals and the pursuit for justice.
