Holocaust Learning UK offers schools a unique array of films, tailor-made for secondary school students. Our films use hitherto unseen survivor testimony, archive historical footage and a diverse cast of student actors to foster an understanding of the Holocaust, both its historical importance and its contemporary relevance.
Janine
> engaging
> empathetic
> accessible
> A hidden child’s fight for survival under Nazi occupation
Life in Germany from 1933:
> the rise of Hitler
> anti-Jewish laws
> book burning
> Kristallnacht
> persecution of Jewish people
> persecution of those with disabilities
> invasion and occupation of Eastern Europe
> post-war genocides
> learning from the past to build a better, safer future for all
54 minutes in two equal parts
Steven
> extraordinary storyteller
> youthful
> relatable
> A child’s life in concentration camps in Holland and Czechoslovakia
> Forced deportation across Europe in a cattle truck
Life in Holland:
> in 1930s and under Nazi occupation
> rise of fascism in Germany and elsewhere in Europe
> WW2 and the early days of the Holocaust
> Invasion and occupation of Western Europe
> antisemitism and racism today
> learning from the past to build a better, safer future for all
54 minutes in three equal parts of 18 minutes each
6 Holocaust survivors, 3 male, 3 female
> Powerful and compelling testimonies
> concentration camps
> slave labour
> hidden children
> forced journeys
> starvation
> death squads
> death march
> disease
> loss of identity & humanity
A pan-European overview of the
Holocaust in the context of WW2
> the importance of learning from the Holocaust today
> learning from the past to build a better, safer future for all
15 minutes
