Exhibit 4

Some Were Neighbors

This lesson comes from the US Holocaust Museum Online Exhibit Some Were Neighbors: Deconstructing the Familiar: Photo Activity

TASK

Which image did you examine? _________

Step #1: Predict (What do you think and feel when you see this image?)

Step #2: Refer (After looking at the caption, what other details can you discover from the picture? Where in the timeline of the Holocaust is this event happening?)

Step #3: React (What do you think and feel after learning more about the image?)

SHIFTING LOYALTIES

CERNĂUŢI, ROMANIA (TODAY: CHERNIVTSI, UKRAINE), MAY 1930

A Romanian Jewish woman, Lotte Gottfried (far left), attends a social gathering at the home of a non-Jewish family. She was escorted to the party by an old family friend, Dr. Brilliant (standing third from the right). Brilliant became a Nazi supporter after a trip to Berlin in 1938 and abruptly terminated his long standing friendship with the Gottfrieds.

Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lotte Gottfried Hirsch

If completing this activity online, you will need to print out the student packet and complete the online activities. You will need to print two additional forms: Exhibit 2 has a Primary Source Analysis Tool (one page) & Exhibit 3 has Some Were Neighbors two sided analysis form.

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