Key Highlights

  • Duration
    52 mins (also in 3 parts - 18 mins, 18 mins & 16 mins)
  • Key stage(s)
    3 AND 4
  • Ages
    13+
  • Supported subjects
    History, RE, PSHE, English

STEVEN’S STORY

Steven was born in Holland to a modern Jewish assimilated family. His story is of a child’s life in concentration camps in Holland and Czechoslovakia, and his forced deportation across Europe in a cattle truck.
DURATION
52 mins
Narrated by
Jason Isaacs
Subtitles
Available

✔️ Provides the essential historical facts of the Holocaust
In Europe from 1933 to 1945

✔️ Stories of collaboration and rescue
Explores moral dilemmas and resistance during Nazi occupation

✔️ Fits your schedule
Flexible format lets you screen in one sitting or three shorter parts, making it easier to fit into busy timetables

Key Themes Discussed

  • Jewish family life in Holland
  • Rise of fascism and antisemitism in Europe
  • Nazi occupation of Western Europe
  • The Holocaust in the context of WW2
  • Collaborators, rescuers and bounty hunters
  • Deportation in cattle trucks
  • Childhood in concentration camps
  • Moral dilemmas under occupation

Steven's Story - Resources

Historical background to Steven’s Story

Explore the historical background to Steven’s Story, including key context on the Holocaust and Steven Frank’s experiences.

Steven's Bio

Read Steven Frank’s survivor story and explore his experiences of deportation, camp life, and survival during the Holocaust.

GENERAL RESOURCES

Note: All links below open in external websites


The Holocaust Educational Trust resources for year 7-8:

Pre-war Jewish life

Impossible Choices: Life under Nazi Persecution

Vera’s Journey (A study of the Kindertransport via one young girl’s perspective)

What Makes a Hero? (Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport)


The Holocaust Educational Trust resources for year 9+:

Ghettos

Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany

Britain, Refugees and the Kindertransport

Dilemmas, Choices and Responses

Rescue during the Holocaust


The Holocaust Educational Trust resources for sixth form and older students:

What teachers are saying

  • "Magnificent. An excellent use of student voices; so very expressive and easier for students to empathise with. Thank you"

    • Simon Hopkins, Teacher - Wollaston School, Northamptonshire
  • "This was the most valuable documentary on the Holocaust I have come across"

    • Teacher - Dumbarton Academy, Scotland
  • "This film was superb. I have never had a resource that explains this horrifying period of history so comprehensively"

    • Teacher - Thornden School, Hampshire
  • "An informative, educational docufilm created in a tasteful way. Well done to all involved"

    • Natalie Hall, Teacher - Aughnacloy College, Northern Ireland
  • "The film was excellent, very well produced, posed questions and informed. Left me speechless despite teaching about the Holocaust for decades"

    • Teacher - Elea High Online School
  • "We really appreciate the high quality of the resources produced and are glad to use them to support our delivery of material on the Holocaust both in history lessons and as part of the wider school"

    • Teacher - Huntcliff School, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
  • "Thank you so much for the use of the film. I lead the assemblies for year 7-11 and the feedback I have received from both staff and pupils was that it was one of the best assemblies they have had"

    • Teacher - Farringdon Community Academy, Sunderland

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