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The Holocaust: Images of Victimization and Resistance
Objectives
Deepening our understanding of the experience of Holocaust victims and
resisters. Comparing artistic and photographic images. Examining
and interrogating images of victimization and resistance as historical
evidence. Using the World Wide Web to enhance interdisciplinary
education.
Resource(s)
"A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust" web site, particularly the Gallery
at:
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/resource/gallery/gallery.htm
And the Timeline at:
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm
Activity
Step I:
- Read the Timeline sections entitled The Ghettos (1939- 1941), The
Camps (1941-1942) and Resistance (1942-1944). For even more
information, you might want to read other Timeline entries and entries
in the People section of the site (http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/people/people.htm).
Step II:
- Go to the Gallery and browse the photographs in the sections entitled
The Warsaw Ghetto, I, The Warsaw Ghetto, and The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Browse the David Olere paintings in the section, Life as a Sonderkommando.
Step III:
- Choose the three photographs from the Warsaw Ghetto and the three
David Olere art images that you find the most powerful. Write, explaining
why you chose each of six images (a few sentences for each image). What
was it about the content, style, and technique of the images that you
found so powerful? Which had the greatest impact—the photographs
or the artwork of David Olere? The images of victimization or those
of resistance? As powerful as these images are, do you think that they
add anything to your understanding of this historical period? Explain.
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