Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust

Laura Hilton is a professor of history at Muskingum University, where she has taught courses on the Holocaust for sixteen years. Avinoam Patt is the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Finding Home and Homeland: Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust.

Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Challenges and Necessity of Teaching the Holocaust in the Twenty-First Century 3 Laura J. Hilton and Avinoam Patt Part One: Teaching Specific Content Antisemitism: Understanding Its Meaning, Context, and History When Teaching the Holocaust 19 Jonathan Elukin The Rise of Nazism 32 Mark E. Spicka Legislation as a Path to Persecution 45 Russel Lemmons and Laura J. Hilton Jewish Responses to Nazism in Vienna after the Anschluss 60 Ilana F. Offenberger Understanding the Holocaust in the Context of World War II 81 Waitman Wade Beorn Tools of the State: The Universe of Nazi Camps 95 Geoffrey P. Megargee The Decentralized System of Nazi Ghettos in Eastern Europe 108 Martin Dean Teaching about Collaboration: A Case Study Approach 127 Steven P. Remy Resistance and Rescue 142 Laura J. Hilton Life in the Aftermath: Jewish Displaced Persons 159 Avinoam Patt Postwar Trials and Justice 178 Gabriel N. Finder Part Two: Sources, Methods, and Media for Teaching the Holocaust Teaching with Holocaust Diaries: Voices from the Chasm 199 Amy Simon Strategies for Teaching the Holocaust with Memoirs 213 Jennifer Goss Teaching Holocaust Literature in the Twenty-First Century 228 Victoria Aarons The Grey Zone of Holocaust Education: Teaching with Film 243 Alan S. Marcus Survivor Testimonies and Interviews 261 Margarete Myers Feinstein Teaching with Photographs 275 Valerie HEbert Teaching the Holocaust in Museums 294 Daniel Greene Memorials, Monuments, and the Obligation of Memory 309 Stuart Abrams Why Should We Teach the Holocaust Today and Tomorrow? 326 Robert Hadley Contributors 341 Index 347

"This excellently organized volume gets teachers thinking deeply. . . . Each chapter is clear and easy to consult, making this a very helpful resource for busy teachers."--John-Paul Himka, University of Alberta "A timely and highly recommended contribution (given the current rise in Anti-Semitism at home and abroad) to personal, professional, college, and university library Holocaust Education collections."--Midwest Book Review "Hilton and Patt's wide-ranging volume combines authoritative surveys of key aspects of the Holocaust--from antisemitism to postwar justice--with practical guides to using survivor testimonies, photographs, museums, and more with students. This book will help anyone involved in teaching about a subject that remains as challenging as it is urgent."--Doris Bergen, author of War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust