Call of Memory

Learning about the Holocaust through Narrative

This site enables students and educators to share ideas on learning and teaching Holocaust Literature.

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Emily Witty

Bullying and the Holocaust

Dear Colleagues, I do not know if many of you (or any of you) face this problem. I do, however. During the course of the teacher development sessions I have run, I always ask the participants how ...

Tagged: education, Holocaust., bullying

Started by Emily Witty in Holocaust Education Jun 26.

Emily Witty

The Holocaust Memorial Park in Brooklyn, New York 7 Replies

Dear Colleagues and Friends, There was quite an uproar recently in Brooklyn surrounding the Holocaust Memorial Park in Manhattan Beach. (Yes, Manhattan Beach is in Brooklyn.) Here is the story: The...

Started by Emily Witty in Holocaust Education. Last reply by Karen Shawn Jun 21.

Emily Witty

The Shooting of Officer Johns

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Last week's shooting of Officer Johns rattled me. I think because the attack took place at the USHMM and I felt somehow that the Holocaust was under attack that it mad...

Started by Emily Witty in Holocaust Education Jun 19.

Joe Blumenthal

sparks of humnaity- assignment 6 1 Reply

One of the main question that permeates Holocaust study is how did the survivors make it physically? From an scientific standpoint it is very hard to explain because it doesnt make any sense. How t...

Started by Joe Blumenthal in Holocaust Research. Last reply by Karen Shawn May 3.

Joe Blumenthal

poem

Can you imagine? War breaks out. A fatal decision. Try to put this image in your head. They tried to kill as many Jews as possible. I get selected. Never give up. What kept us alive was the obsessi...

Started by Joe Blumenthal in The Call of Memory Apr 28.

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Emily Witty

Do we need to be flexible?

Here is what I am thinking about . . .


Recently, I was on the site www.brainpop.com, under the category of Social Studies and then the topic, Holocaust. I watched their short animated video about the Holocaust and after discussing the clip with one of my teachers, noticed some errors. For example, the chronology was out of order and they never explained that Poland was invaded. Th

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Posted by Emily Witty on January 23, 2008 at 9:37pm — 4 Comments

Dr. Keren Goldfrad

Auschwitz Photos



In January 2007, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a donation of a photograph album. Click on the photo above to view, hear and read more about this album.



"In the Shadow of Horror

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Posted by Dr. Keren Goldfrad on December 21, 2007 at 11:23am — 2 Comments

Al Nobile

History teachers: Oldest living holocaust survivor participating in live online event.

If Abraham Lincoln lived to be 103, he would have died in 1912. Leopold Engleitner turned 7 that year. Next Friday and Saturday at Moorepark College, Herr Engleitner will recount the nightmare visited upon him from 1939 to 1943, during the Nazi occupation of Austria. For the crime of becoming a Jehovah's Witness, Leopold spent those years in three concentration camps.

In promotion of the book and film, both entitled "Unbroken Will", the Moorepark College presentation will be streamed live. I'll… Continue

Posted by Al Nobile on May 19, 2009 at 7:30am

About the book



The Call of Memory: Learning About the Holocaust Through Narrative
An Anthology & A Teacher’s Guide

Karen Shawn and Keren Goldfrad, editors
William Younglove, associate editor


These two complementary volumes are designed for students and teachers in high school, college, and university. Practical and highly readable, they are intended for use in history, social studies, literature, religion, and humanities classes, and for anyone interested in learning about the Holocaust through literary narratives.

The anthology offers 27 outstanding short stories by Holocaust survivors and contemporary writers including Rachmil Bryks, Ida Fink, Bernard Gotfryd, Aharon Megged, Cynthia Ozick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Elie Wiesel.

Stories Chosen for Classroom Use

The 27 stories in the Anthology are organized chronologically and thematically, allowing teachers to incorporate selections appropriately throughout any related course of study.

Each narrative is short, relatively easy to read and discuss, and stands on its own merits as fine literature. None requires unreasonable teaching preparation beyond a basic knowledge of Holocaust history and familiarity with the references offered in the companion Teacher’s Guide, yet each lays the groundwork for subsequent additional learning.

These stories, along with their analyses and suggestions for substantive teaching, provide the means for engagement that may encourage students to explore and deliberate the social, political, and historical issues that underlie the Holocaust narrative.

Extensive Teacher’s Guide

The Guide offers 43 essays divided into 10 units of study. University professors from Israel, the United States, and Australia provide incisive and detailed literary analyses of each story, along with scholarly resources.

American master teachers, representing public, private, Catholic, and Jewish high schools and resource centers, field-tested the stories, and in highly engaging, firstperson essays, they share their classroom experiences and offer immediately useful suggestions for making these narratives accessible to learners of all backgrounds and levels.

Geared to state standards are goals and objectives, vocabulary, classroom activities, discussion suggestions, writing prompts and rubrics, assessment advice, and extensive citations for research and individualized instruction, including up-to-date Web sites.
 
 

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Pam, I agree with your point that to discuss/commemorate the other victims in proper historical proportion emphasizes the evil that was done by the perpetrators rather than detracting from the fact that the Jews were the main targets.

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