Process
- Groups will be chosen by a random process.
- Each group will be placed into a concentration/extermination camp
- Use the Internet to look up information on your camp, looking for important ideas and facts to best describe your situation
- You will write your "survivor" story from the viewpoint of a 13 or 14 year old boy or girl. Your story will be in the form of a yearlong diary with each student contributing an equal amount of entries.
- You will need to include the following information, but do not limit yourself to just this info:
- What were the conditions like at the camp?
- What kind of camp was it?
- What kind of work did you do?
- Daily experiences both good and bad.
- What did it take for you to survive?
- Your journey from your hometown (make one up based on your research)
- A timeframe of your whole ordeal, including seasonal differences
- The second part of the project is to create a display board. The entire group should create this board. It should contain general information about your camp, the name of your camp, and pictures specifically related to your camp (not just Holocaust related pictures).
- The final part of the project is to create a power point presentation on your camp. You should consider including the following information:
- map of your journey, and general location map of your camp
- pictures of your experience
- all the unique features or sites at your camp
- a detailed map of your camp
These websites are current and would be an excellent starting point for you to use. I also encourage you to discover other sites with information dealing with your specific camp. A great way to search is to use google.com (or any other search engine) and type exactly:
“name of camp”+”Holocaust” OR “name of camp”
This narrows the search for you and becomes more specific. Be aware of sites from geocities and other possible non-reliable sources of information. Find as much info as you can before you begin any part of this project, so you can assure accuracy of what you discover.
Variety of Info and access:
http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blholocaust.htm?once=true&TMog=2171345711
Victims and Survivors:
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/survivor.htm
Dedicated to the children of the Holocaust and those subjected to the experiments of Dr. Joseph Mengele:
http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org/frmain01_04.htm
Cybrary of the Holocaust
An educational forum bringing together Holocaust survivors, children of Holocaust survivors, art by children, educational efforts, and books by survivors, to promote learning and remembering:
The Forgotten Camps
History of Nazi Concentration Camps and sub-camps, work camps, police camps:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/
Jewish Virtual Library
Breaks info down by camp – a good place to start!
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/cc.html
Australian Memories of the Holocaust:
http://www.holocaust.com.au/mm/i_germany.htm