Antisemitism

Written by Ariane Knüsel

Contents	Handout «Antisemitism through the ages» and transcript of the film «European Antisemitism from its Origins to the Holocaust» by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s (USHMM) website. Handout with excerpt from Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Handout with text of Nuremberg Laws. Handout of Joseph Goebbel’s article «The Jews are Guilty», which was written in 1941 and published in 1943.
Suitable for	Gymnasium
Prerequisites	Rise of Adolf Hitler and NSDAP
Time	1-3 lessons

What's it about?

The history of antisemitism can be taught using either the handout «Antisemitism through the ages» from the USHMM website or showing their film «European Antisemitism from its Origins to the Holocaust», whose transcript is also included. The film is available at: http://www.ushmm.org/confront-antisemitism/european-antisemitism-from-its-origins-to-the-holocaust and lasts 13:44 min. Students can then analyse Hitler’s and Goebbel’s writings (content, comparison to previous forms of antisemitism, use of rhetorics...). The handout with the text of the Nuremberg Laws can be discussed using illustrations from the following website: http://gedenkstaettesteinhof.at/de/ausstellung/02-rassenwahn-und-menschenzucht

Downloads

Antisemitism
	Antisemitism through the ages	Word [152 KB] · PDF [204 KB]
	Goebbels the Jews are guilty	Word [146 KB] · PDF [275 KB]
	Hitler Mein Kampf	Word [30 KB] · PDF [298 KB]
	Nuremberg laws	Word [25 KB] · PDF [117 KB]
	Transcript Film USHMM	Word [150 KB] · PDF [279 KB]