Advanced Holocaust Studies Seminar 7th-12th Grade

An elaborate and detailed study of the Holocaust for students with prior knowledge.
Each week, this class will focus on a different aspect, or chapter, of the Holocaust for deeper examination and discussion.

1. The Ghettos. A look at the new, mandatory living conditions for the Jews of Poland after the Nazis invaded in September 1939.

2. The Camps. We will discuss the difference between a concentration and death camp, the living conditions, and how to survive inside.

3. The “Final Solution.” This session focuses on the Wannsee Conference and the plan to murder the Jews of Europe.

4. America and the Holocaust. What was America’s role in the Holocaust? Who knew what was happening? Why wasn’t more done to rescue the Jewish refugees before it was too late?

5. The Next Chapter – Liberation, Justice, and the Return to Life. Allied troops discover the camps all over Europe. Holocaust survivors come to terms with life without their families.