Antisemitism is the prejudice against or hatred of Jews. Learn more about antisemitism and the role it played in making the Holocaust possible. Collection of 5 videos.
Video length: 11 minutes
Studying Nazi propaganda helps students understand the role of antisemitism in the Holocaust, and incorporating media literacy skills into this study encourages students to think critically about information encountered every day.
Video length: 35 minutes
Holocaust historian Dr. Doris Bergen discusses how to introduce students to the history of the Holocaust, including how the Nazis came to power, what ideas guided their actions, and the role of WWII in making the Holocaust possible.
Video length: 29 minutes
Ideology is a set of beliefs about how the world operates. Learning about Nazi ideology helps reveal the interconnected nature of Nazi antisemitic racism and territorial aggression.
Video length: 11 minutes
This video provides strategies to help students and teachers move beyond describing people as bystanders, perpetrators, and rescuers and toward understanding the complexity of human choices and the importance of historical context.
Video length: 11 minutes
Antisemitism is the prejudice against or hatred of Jews. By incorporating the long history of antisemitism into your study of the Holocaust, students learn the Holocaust didn’t occur within a vacuum but it was the culmination of centuries of anti-Jewish actions and prejudices. Learning about antisemitism helps students recognize that European Jews in the 1930s and 1940s did not do anything to deserve being targeted and also helps students identify and reject antisemitic stereotypes today.
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