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The Holocaust and Europe’s Jews

The Holocaust and Europe’s Jews. Rebecca Margolis Mini Course, University of Ottawa 2011 Course website: http://holocaustmini-course.yolasite.com /. Holocaust testimony. Forms of testimony Written memoirs Live testimony Filmed testimony What is the importance of Holocaust testimony ?

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The Holocaust and Europe’s Jews

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  1. The Holocaust and Europe’s Jews Rebecca Margolis Mini Course, University of Ottawa 2011 Course website: http://holocaustmini-course.yolasite.com/

  2. Holocaust testimony Forms of testimony • Written memoirs • Live testimony • Filmed testimony What is the importance of Holocaust testimony? Compare the different forms (1, 2, 3). What are the pros and cons of each?

  3. Living History Project: Students Talk with Holocaust Survivors The Zelikovitz Centre is currently working together with the Shoah (Holocaust) Committee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa to produce a Holocaust Eucational Film entitled Living History: Students Talk with Survivors. The film documents the interaction between Canadian Holocaust survivors and students in the classroom. The film is being directed by Gemini-nominated filmmaker Francine Zuckerman. For years, Holocaust survivors have played an important role in Canadian public education through their classroom visits. They have taught young Canadians about the dangers of racial prejudice and anti-Semitism as well as of the importance of the values of tolerance and the recognition of diversity. This film aims to document the contributions that survivors have made to Holocaust education and the significant impact that their presentations have had on students and teachers. http://www2.carleton.ca/jewishstudies/living-history-project/ (21 minutes)

  4. Shoah (Holocaust) Committee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa The Mission of the Shoah (Holocaust) Committee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa is to teach the lessons and legacy of the Holocaust and to promote tolerance, compassion, courage and wisdom in human relations. http://jewishottawa.com/section.aspx?id=719  Activities: Holocaust Education Week, teacher education, commemoration events, etc.

  5. Holocaust Museums (a selected list, in alphabetical order) • Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum, Polandhttp://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=85Virtual tour: http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/z/index.php?Itemid=8&id=6&option=com_content&task=view • Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centrehttp://www.mhmc.ca/en • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, USAhttp://www.ushmm.org/Video about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MPeKNBZW6o • YadVashem, Israelhttp://www.yadvashem.org/Virtual tour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zte0vT8MaA

  6. Examples of Holocaust monuments Berlin: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Denkmalfür die ermordetenJudenEuropas, 2005) http://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/en Video about: Peter Eisenman: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX8kivBbaB0 3D tour: http://www.360cities.net/image/memorial-to-the-murdered-jews-of-europe#-1.71,21.87,110.0 Florida: Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, 1990http://www.holocaustmmb.org/

  7. Discussion • Ottawa does not have a Holocaust museum. If you were put in charge of creating one, what would it look like? • Canada does not have a Holocaust monument but there are plans to create one in Ottawa. What would you recommend? Consider: Goals | intended visitors | appearance/design | special features

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