Echoes and Reflections Today
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Online Materials for Teaching about Kristallnacht
On November 9 and 10, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a series of violent attacks against the Jews in Germany and Austria. Within a few hours, thousands of synagogues, Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed.
Echoes and Reflections offers an array of multimedia resources to supplement the materials found in the curriculum. These documents, letters, photographs, artwork, and additional information on www.echoesandreflections.org can be incorporated into your classroom lessons about the Kristallnacht Pogrom.
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Educate yourself and your students with more information about the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Why did it happen? Who perpetrated it? What was the outcome? Visit the Student/Teacher Resource Center to read about the Kristallnacht Pogrom and to define other key words in Lesson One: Studying the Holocaust. |
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The Student/Teacher Resource Center includes four additional photographs to supplement the images in Lesson One: Studying the Holocaust and Lesson 3: Nazi Germany. One image, Arrest of Jews by SS on Kristallnacht, depicts Nazi soldiers making arrests in Baden-Baden, Germany. |
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How did the United States react to the events of the Kristallnacht Pogrom? Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff, Germany’s Ambassador to the United States, reported on the sentiment towards Germany after Kristallnacht. This report, which provides little-known details, can be found in the Student/Teacher Resource Center along with the other materials in Lesson One: Studying the Holocaust. |
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In Lesson Three: Nazi Germany, Esther Clifford describes her reaction to the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Her Biographic Profile provides background information about her family life and experiences before, during, and after the Kristallnacht Pogrom. Sharing this information with students will paint a bigger picture of one individual’s experience. |
Explore the Echoes and Reflections Web site for more Kristallnacht Pogrom resources.
