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Do Now: Quote Analysis pg 153Dear Teacher, I am the survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes
saw what no man should witness: Gas chambers build by learned engineers.Children poisoned by educated physiciansInfants killed by trained nurses and women and
babies shot and burned by high school graduates.
What does this quote say about the people who planned and participated in the holocaust?
Do Now: Quote Analysis pg 153Dear Teacher, I am the survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man
should witness: Gas chambers build by learned engineers.Children poisoned by educated physiciansInfants killed by trained nurses and women and babies shot and
burned by high school graduates.
So I am suspicious of education. My request is: Help your students to become more human. Your efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns. Reading, writing and arithmetic are important only if they serve to make our children more human.
- Haim Ginott
Take notes and attach on page 154
“The Final Solution”
• Nazis use euphemisms to mask the nature of their crimes.
• Euphemism is more agreeable language that substitutes offensive or unpleasant words
• Final Solution= code name for the systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of the European Jews (estimated 11 million)
• The plan came in many stages– Boycott Jewish, Kristallnacht, ghettos – Creation of concentration camps and death centers
Notes page 155
Wannsee Conference
• 1942- 15 Nazi leaders meet in suburb Wannsee outside of Berlin
• Goal to coordinate a “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”– Plan logistics such as deportations to camps, how
and when to eliminate
Notes page 155
Reading on the Final Solution
• As you read, Think: How can murder be discussed without ever using the word?
• Popcorn Reading Instructions– Underline words & phrases that use euphemisms for the
destruction of the Jews– Raise your hand when you see one to share
• HW: Read Quotes from Wannsee and annotate– Underline euphemisms– Answer this question and use evidence: How did the Nazis discuss
the murder of the Jews without ever using the word “murder”
page 156
– http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm