Pre War Jewish Life Jewish beliefs about God

Pre War. Jewish Life Jewish beliefs about God. Anti Semitism Persecution of Jews Being Human The Holocaust Mosaic of victims Dilemmas and Choices These are the lessons you will be studying in this topic Remembering the Holocaust MAP Revision

3 1 Date: 24 December 2021 Title: Pre War- Jewish life Brain Dump 1. Create a mind map and write down everything you can remember about life before world war 2. 2. In a different colour pen, write down anything you know aboiut the Jewish Religion. P Pen R Underline using a ruler! Ruler O Organised Life before WW 2 U Underline D Date

Learning objective In today’s lesson you will be able to. . Explian the individuality and humanity of the Jewish men, women and children who were targeted by the Nazis and understand that they represented communities and cultures across Europe. Identify the common humanity of those who would become victims of Nazi persecution. Reflect on the richness and diversity of Jewish life in Europe prior to 1939.

Write down the key words and meanings Holocaust - destruction or slaughter on a mass scale ( Killing of Jewish people on a mass scale) Pacifism – belief that war and violence are not needed to win an argument. Victims - a person, harm, injured or killed as a result of a crime

Who are the Jews? Read the information Judaism is one of the world’s oldest religions and is the root for most of the major western religions today, like Christianity. Being Jewish means belonging to a religion like being Buddhist, Muslim or Christian. Religion is separate to a person’s nationality or race. Each religion comes with its own unique culture, festivals and communities. There has been persecution of Jews throughout history. During the Nazi persecution of Jews in the 1930 s, it was stated that Judaism was a race, but this will always be wrong as it is a religion. Discrimination and hatred of the Jews is known as anti. Semitism. It is a hate crime and should be dealt with severely.

Jewish life before WW 2 Answer the questions in full sentences Prior to the Holocaust, there were lots Jewish communities across the world. The largest population of Jews before the Holocaust was in Eastern Europe, with a community of 3, 000 in Poland, 2, 525, 000 in Russia, and 980, 000 in Romania. The size of this Jewish population in these countries meant that they made a huge contribution to the culture. Hayim Nahman Bialik, a Ukrainian Jew who is widely regarded as the father of modern Hebrew poetry, is just one example of this contribution. In Western Europe, in countries such as Britain and Germany, many Jews were assimilated into the culture of the country in which they lived. Most of these countries had sizeable Jewish communities, with 300, 000 Jews living in Britain, and 565, 000 living in Germany. 1. Which part of Europe had the largest population of Jewish people? 2. Which country had the largest population of Jewish people? 3. How many Jews were living in Britain? How many Jews were loving in Germany?

Jewish life before WW 2 Read the information In cities and large towns in Eastern Europe, such as Warsaw in Poland, younger Jews fully embraced the country’s culture whilst simultaneously observing some Jewish traditions with their families. However, not all of Europe was as assimilated, or partially assimilated, as Western Europe and the larger towns and cities of Eastern Europe. For example, cultural separation was more apparent in rural areas of Eastern Europe, such as Poland Russia. Here small towns or villages called ‘Shtetls’ comprised mainly of Jews. In Shtetls, people aimed to live a simple, traditional, life focused around religion, community, and family.

Jewish life before WW 2 Study of Nazi anti-Jewish persecution often focusses on the perpetrators, reducing the victims to mere statistics. It is therefore important to remember the individuality and humanity of the Jewish men, women and children who were targeted by the Nazis and to be aware that they represented communities and cultures across Europe. After the Nazi’s came to power and antisemitism intensified, all Jewish life in Europe was to change forever. We are going to explore some examples of the diversity of Jewish life prior to the Nazi destruction. Read the information

Why do we take photographs? Answer the questions in full sentences 1. Why do we take photographs? 2. How are photographs from the past useful to us? 1. What questions do we need to ask a photograph? 2. How can photographs be problematic? 3. Are photographs good or bad as historical evidence?

Life before WW 2 Using photographs to describe Jewish Life before WW 2. 1. Look at the photographs on slides 11 & 12 and answer the questions next to them 2. Use two colours to highlight similarities and differences with your own life. 1. Why do you think this photograph was taken? 2. Are there any ways in which this classroom looks different to yours? 3. Can you tell anything about these children's nationality or religion from the photograph?

1. Why do you think this photograph was taken? 2. Are there any ways in which this classroom looks different to yours? 3. Can you tell anything about these children's nationality or religion from the photograph? 1. Why do you think this photograph was taken? 2. What can we learn from the boys from this photograph? 3. Can you tell anything about these children's nationality or religion from the photograph?

1. Why do you think this photograph was taken? 2. What do you think the relationship is between these people? 3. Can you tell anything about these children's nationality or religion from the photograph? 1. Why do you think this photograph was taken? 2. What do you think the girl is carrying? 3. Can you tell anything about these children's nationality or religion from the photograph?

Pause and Reflect After learning about Jewish life before WW 2, write down two things you remember from todays lesson.