Resources
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Citation:
Herman, Mark, Rosie Alison, Christine Langan, David Heyman, Benoît Delhomme, Michael Ellis, James Horner, Natalie Ward, Martin Childs, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, David Hayman, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Richard Johnson, Jim Norton, and John Boyne. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Burbank, CA: Miramax Home Entertainment, 2009.
Film Synopsis:
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination (IMDB).
Run Time: 94 min.
Release Date: November 28th, 2008
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13 for some mature thematic material involving the Holocaust
Critical Review:
"Watch this film to lose yourself in an engaging and demanding story, to revisit the wisdom and blissfulness of innocence, and to mourn the pace of our moral progress into the twenty-first century. I hope you will emerge, as I have, more inspired and committed to overcoming indifference, both locally and more globally--especially given the ethically challenged times in which we attempt to flourish" (Robert, 97).
Robert, Jason Scott. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Film by Mark Herman". Journal of Research Administration. (2010): 97.
This film provides great insight into some of the secrets that Nazis kept from so many. The viewer will feel the emotions of the characters as they realize what is truly going on around them. The innocence of the young boys in this film is truly heart-breaking, but provides insight into what children experienced during this time. This movie is based on a novel by the same name and would be a great companion piece to this film to draw comparisons between the two. Citation for the novel is below.
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable. Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2006.
Citation:
Herman, Mark, Rosie Alison, Christine Langan, David Heyman, Benoît Delhomme, Michael Ellis, James Horner, Natalie Ward, Martin Childs, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, David Hayman, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Richard Johnson, Jim Norton, and John Boyne. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Burbank, CA: Miramax Home Entertainment, 2009.
Film Synopsis:
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination (IMDB).
Run Time: 94 min.
Release Date: November 28th, 2008
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13 for some mature thematic material involving the Holocaust
Critical Review:
"Watch this film to lose yourself in an engaging and demanding story, to revisit the wisdom and blissfulness of innocence, and to mourn the pace of our moral progress into the twenty-first century. I hope you will emerge, as I have, more inspired and committed to overcoming indifference, both locally and more globally--especially given the ethically challenged times in which we attempt to flourish" (Robert, 97).
Robert, Jason Scott. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Film by Mark Herman". Journal of Research Administration. (2010): 97.
This film provides great insight into some of the secrets that Nazis kept from so many. The viewer will feel the emotions of the characters as they realize what is truly going on around them. The innocence of the young boys in this film is truly heart-breaking, but provides insight into what children experienced during this time. This movie is based on a novel by the same name and would be a great companion piece to this film to draw comparisons between the two. Citation for the novel is below.
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable. Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2006.
The Devil's Arithmetic
Citation:
Schisgal, Murray, Lee Gottsegen, Robert J. Avrech, Donna Deitch, Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Dustin Hoffman, and Jane Yolen. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York: Showtime Entertainment, 1999.
Film Synopsis:
This is another telling of the holocaust, but this time from the perspective of a modern teenage girl who only grudgingly accepts the Jewish traditions, but when she is asked to "open the front door" as part of the Seder feast finds herself, not unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, to have entered the 1940's and has stepped into the life of a prisoner in one of the German death camps where she experiences all of its horrors firsthand. (IMDB).
Run Time: 95 min.
Release Date: March 28th, 1999
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Critical Review:
"Little is done to blunt the horrid edges of the historical truths. The camp in the film was built in five weeks with one power tool on a muddy field in Lithuania. It was designed to resemble Auschwitz, and the scenes there will certainly be unsettling for younger children. The film is probably not appropriate for most children under 11 or 12, certainly not without a parent there to discuss it with them."
Applebome, Peter. "The Devil's Arithmetic: Memories Count". The New York Times (1999).
This film adaptation of Jane Yolen's book of the same name teaches a great lesson. Viewers will truly understand why it's important not to forget this part of history as they see through the eyes of Hannah and she is transported back in time to the period of the Holocaust and experience a situation that many Jews experienced at that time. There are certainly creative liberties taken for his film which is why it would be a great companion piece to the novel. Citation for the novel seen below.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York, N.Y., U.S.A: Viking Kestrel, 1988.
Citation:
Schisgal, Murray, Lee Gottsegen, Robert J. Avrech, Donna Deitch, Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Paul Freeman, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Dustin Hoffman, and Jane Yolen. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York: Showtime Entertainment, 1999.
Film Synopsis:
This is another telling of the holocaust, but this time from the perspective of a modern teenage girl who only grudgingly accepts the Jewish traditions, but when she is asked to "open the front door" as part of the Seder feast finds herself, not unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, to have entered the 1940's and has stepped into the life of a prisoner in one of the German death camps where she experiences all of its horrors firsthand. (IMDB).
Run Time: 95 min.
Release Date: March 28th, 1999
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Critical Review:
"Little is done to blunt the horrid edges of the historical truths. The camp in the film was built in five weeks with one power tool on a muddy field in Lithuania. It was designed to resemble Auschwitz, and the scenes there will certainly be unsettling for younger children. The film is probably not appropriate for most children under 11 or 12, certainly not without a parent there to discuss it with them."
Applebome, Peter. "The Devil's Arithmetic: Memories Count". The New York Times (1999).
This film adaptation of Jane Yolen's book of the same name teaches a great lesson. Viewers will truly understand why it's important not to forget this part of history as they see through the eyes of Hannah and she is transported back in time to the period of the Holocaust and experience a situation that many Jews experienced at that time. There are certainly creative liberties taken for his film which is why it would be a great companion piece to the novel. Citation for the novel seen below.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York, N.Y., U.S.A: Viking Kestrel, 1988.
The Wave
Citation:
Grasshoff, Alex, Fern Field, Ron Jones, Bruce Davison, Lori Lethin, John Putch, Wesley A. Pfenning, and Johnny Dawkins. The Wave. S.l.: BN Pub, 2008.
Film Synopsis:
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? (IMDB).
Run Time: 107 min.
Release Date: May 27th, 2011
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13 for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material
Critical Review:
"The Wave is a compelling allegorical thriller made convincing as we watch through the ambiguity of Wenger (how much does he understand what he's doing with his pupils and what is happening to himself and his marriage?) and through the sharp characterization of the students."
French, Phillip. "The Wave". The Guardian. (2008).
This recent film was originally released in Germany under the name Die Welle. There was an American version made in the 1980's (also called The Wave) which was a made for TV movie. This film is interesting because it brings the themes of the Holocaust to today's world. It helps viewers realize the power wielded by the Germans during that time and why (perhaps) so many fell under the "spell" of the German regime. This film also has a novel by the same name that recounts Ben Ross' experience with this social experiment. Citation is below.
Strasser, Todd. The Wave. New York: Dell, 2005.
Citation:
Grasshoff, Alex, Fern Field, Ron Jones, Bruce Davison, Lori Lethin, John Putch, Wesley A. Pfenning, and Johnny Dawkins. The Wave. S.l.: BN Pub, 2008.
Film Synopsis:
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? (IMDB).
Run Time: 107 min.
Release Date: May 27th, 2011
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13 for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material
Critical Review:
"The Wave is a compelling allegorical thriller made convincing as we watch through the ambiguity of Wenger (how much does he understand what he's doing with his pupils and what is happening to himself and his marriage?) and through the sharp characterization of the students."
French, Phillip. "The Wave". The Guardian. (2008).
This recent film was originally released in Germany under the name Die Welle. There was an American version made in the 1980's (also called The Wave) which was a made for TV movie. This film is interesting because it brings the themes of the Holocaust to today's world. It helps viewers realize the power wielded by the Germans during that time and why (perhaps) so many fell under the "spell" of the German regime. This film also has a novel by the same name that recounts Ben Ross' experience with this social experiment. Citation is below.
Strasser, Todd. The Wave. New York: Dell, 2005.
Life is Beautiful
Citation:
Benigni, Roberto, Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi, Vincenzo Cerami, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Lydia Alfonsi, Giorgio Cantarini, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz, and Nicola Piovani. Life Is Beautiful: La Vita È Bella. Burbank, CA: Miramax Films, 1999.
Film Synopsis:
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. (IMDB).
Run Time: 116 min.
Release Date: February 12th, 1999
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Critical Review:
"The film is so poignant, it is so sensitive, it is so informed by creative genius that the answer is -- I give it a wholehearted endorsement" (Viano, 49).
Viano, Maurizio. "Life Is Beautiful: Reception, Allegory, And Holocaust Laughter." Jewish Social Studies 5.3 (1999): 47-66.
Life is Beautfiul had mixed reviews upon its release in the United States because many didn't know how to take Robert Benigni's light-heartedness when it came to what he was experiencing. In his portrayal is a great lesson, though. We see a unique perspective on how different people had to deal with what they were experiencing. Benigni's character had to act the way he did in order to put on a brave face for his son while he himself faced imminent death.
Citation:
Benigni, Roberto, Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi, Vincenzo Cerami, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Lydia Alfonsi, Giorgio Cantarini, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz, and Nicola Piovani. Life Is Beautiful: La Vita È Bella. Burbank, CA: Miramax Films, 1999.
Film Synopsis:
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. (IMDB).
Run Time: 116 min.
Release Date: February 12th, 1999
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Critical Review:
"The film is so poignant, it is so sensitive, it is so informed by creative genius that the answer is -- I give it a wholehearted endorsement" (Viano, 49).
Viano, Maurizio. "Life Is Beautiful: Reception, Allegory, And Holocaust Laughter." Jewish Social Studies 5.3 (1999): 47-66.
Life is Beautfiul had mixed reviews upon its release in the United States because many didn't know how to take Robert Benigni's light-heartedness when it came to what he was experiencing. In his portrayal is a great lesson, though. We see a unique perspective on how different people had to deal with what they were experiencing. Benigni's character had to act the way he did in order to put on a brave face for his son while he himself faced imminent death.
The Last Days
Citation:
Lipper, Ken, June Beallor, James Moll, Steven Spielberg, Harris Done, Hans Zimmer, and Aaron Zarrow. The Last Days. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios, 2003.
Film Synopsis:
Five Jewish Hungarians, now U.S. citizens, tell their stories: before March, 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April, 1945, also comment. Most telling are details: Renée packing her bathing suit, Irene swallowing the diamonds her mother gave her to buy bread, Alice's memorial for her sister Klara, Bill escaping police by jumping into a line of Jews going to Buchenwald, and Tom told by a US soldier to have "all the damn bananas and oranges you can eat." (IMDB).
Run Time: 87 min.
Release Date: July 15th, 1999
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Critical Review:
"The Last Days benefits from Spielberg's backing in having the services of a diretor and editor as skilled as moll, who cuts from interview to interview so expertly that the witnesses wind up completing one another sentences...I got the impression that Moll had combed through every existing scrap of footage, wherever in the world it was to eb found, and had been granted complete freedom to inforporat whatever he might need. Sometimes he could make it function as a time machine" (Klawans, 36).
Klawans, Stuart. "Films." Nation 268.8 (1999): 35-36.
Documentary are invaluable when it comes to important history like the Holocaust. In this documentary, Spielberg and James Moll expertly capture the important stories of five Hungarian survivors. Viewers will get unique insight into stories that could otherwise be lost forever if not captured in this important film. Suvivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust would be an excellent companion piece to this film as well. Citation is below for this novel.
Zullo, Allan, and Mara Bovsun. Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust. New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Citation:
Lipper, Ken, June Beallor, James Moll, Steven Spielberg, Harris Done, Hans Zimmer, and Aaron Zarrow. The Last Days. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios, 2003.
Film Synopsis:
Five Jewish Hungarians, now U.S. citizens, tell their stories: before March, 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April, 1945, also comment. Most telling are details: Renée packing her bathing suit, Irene swallowing the diamonds her mother gave her to buy bread, Alice's memorial for her sister Klara, Bill escaping police by jumping into a line of Jews going to Buchenwald, and Tom told by a US soldier to have "all the damn bananas and oranges you can eat." (IMDB).
Run Time: 87 min.
Release Date: July 15th, 1999
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Critical Review:
"The Last Days benefits from Spielberg's backing in having the services of a diretor and editor as skilled as moll, who cuts from interview to interview so expertly that the witnesses wind up completing one another sentences...I got the impression that Moll had combed through every existing scrap of footage, wherever in the world it was to eb found, and had been granted complete freedom to inforporat whatever he might need. Sometimes he could make it function as a time machine" (Klawans, 36).
Klawans, Stuart. "Films." Nation 268.8 (1999): 35-36.
Documentary are invaluable when it comes to important history like the Holocaust. In this documentary, Spielberg and James Moll expertly capture the important stories of five Hungarian survivors. Viewers will get unique insight into stories that could otherwise be lost forever if not captured in this important film. Suvivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust would be an excellent companion piece to this film as well. Citation is below for this novel.
Zullo, Allan, and Mara Bovsun. Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust. New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Citation:
Kingsley, Ben, Hannah T. Gordon, and Melissa Mèuller. Anne Frank. Elk Grove, Ill: Disney educational, 2001.
Film Synopsis:
When the war began, she was only a little girl. When it ended, she was the voice of a generation... A compassionate and sensitive televisual portrait of the Holocaust's greatest diarist (IMDB).
Run Time:190 min.
Release Date: May 20th, 2001
Motion Picture Rating: TV-14
Critical Review:
"It portrays clearly the dangers risked by those who hid individuals and families from the Nazis. At the same time, the audience receives an impression of the humanity retained by those forced to live in hiding and the difficulty of living in such close contact with others, several of whom Anne ordinarily would not have chosen to spend her time with...Anne's father, Otto Frank, the only one from the Secret Annex to survive the Holocaust and return to Amsterdam, consulted on the film and offered many details that enrich the drama...a child who has read the "Diary" or seen other versions of Anne's story could understand more from watching this rendition. For older children, this movie could spark discussion regarding how likely it is that this crime against humanity would occur in current times" (Campbell, 197).
Campbell, Carole S. "Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)." Childhood Education 86.3 (2010): 197.
Many teenagers read the important history contained in The Diary of Anne Frank. Seeing Anne's story come alive in film could be a powerful connective experience for readers. This film does an excellent job of portraying the life of a teenager in this difficult time. This film offers a chance for teenagers to truly connect with what it was like during this time in history. Citation for the novel, The Diary of a Young Girl is below.
Frank, Anne, Otto Frank, Mirjam Pressler, and Susan Massotty. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Citation:
Kingsley, Ben, Hannah T. Gordon, and Melissa Mèuller. Anne Frank. Elk Grove, Ill: Disney educational, 2001.
Film Synopsis:
When the war began, she was only a little girl. When it ended, she was the voice of a generation... A compassionate and sensitive televisual portrait of the Holocaust's greatest diarist (IMDB).
Run Time:190 min.
Release Date: May 20th, 2001
Motion Picture Rating: TV-14
Critical Review:
"It portrays clearly the dangers risked by those who hid individuals and families from the Nazis. At the same time, the audience receives an impression of the humanity retained by those forced to live in hiding and the difficulty of living in such close contact with others, several of whom Anne ordinarily would not have chosen to spend her time with...Anne's father, Otto Frank, the only one from the Secret Annex to survive the Holocaust and return to Amsterdam, consulted on the film and offered many details that enrich the drama...a child who has read the "Diary" or seen other versions of Anne's story could understand more from watching this rendition. For older children, this movie could spark discussion regarding how likely it is that this crime against humanity would occur in current times" (Campbell, 197).
Campbell, Carole S. "Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)." Childhood Education 86.3 (2010): 197.
Many teenagers read the important history contained in The Diary of Anne Frank. Seeing Anne's story come alive in film could be a powerful connective experience for readers. This film does an excellent job of portraying the life of a teenager in this difficult time. This film offers a chance for teenagers to truly connect with what it was like during this time in history. Citation for the novel, The Diary of a Young Girl is below.
Frank, Anne, Otto Frank, Mirjam Pressler, and Susan Massotty. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
The Courage to Care
Citation:
Rittner, Carol, Sondra Myers, Robert Gardner, and Elie Wiesel. The Courage to Care. New York: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 2011.
Film Synopsis:
The extraordinary story of a few non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue and protect Jews from Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II is told in The Courage to Care. It features the first person accounts of rescuers and of survivors whose stories address the basic issue of individual responsibility: the notion that one person can act—and that those actions can make a difference. These rescuers are true heroes, but modest ones. They did a thousand ordinary things—opening doors, hiding and feeding strangers, keeping secrets—in an extraordinary time. For this, they are known as "Righteous Among the Nations of the World."
The rescuers and survivors are from many countries in Europe—Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, France, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany—and they tell their stories with simplicity and dignity. Each story is interwoven with old snapshots of rescuers and survivors, their homes, their hiding places, and the communities in which they lived. (Amazon).
Run Time: 29 min.
Critical Review:
This book and the film that has been made out of it are both important spiritual documetns. What I found most moving was the contrast between the accounts which are told in such a matter-of-fact manner and the snapshots and photographs that appear...that are eloquent (Riemer, 375).
Riemer, J. "`The Courage To Care.'." Commonweal 115.12 (1988): 375-376.
Although this film is very short, it will give a unique perspective of the Holocaust. Many times teenagers ask about the people that weren't Jews. What did they do? This documentary gives that perspective and chronicles the heroism of some of the people during this time. It lets viewers know that not everyone stood idly by as the Holocaust took place around them.
Citation:
Rittner, Carol, Sondra Myers, Robert Gardner, and Elie Wiesel. The Courage to Care. New York: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 2011.
Film Synopsis:
The extraordinary story of a few non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue and protect Jews from Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II is told in The Courage to Care. It features the first person accounts of rescuers and of survivors whose stories address the basic issue of individual responsibility: the notion that one person can act—and that those actions can make a difference. These rescuers are true heroes, but modest ones. They did a thousand ordinary things—opening doors, hiding and feeding strangers, keeping secrets—in an extraordinary time. For this, they are known as "Righteous Among the Nations of the World."
The rescuers and survivors are from many countries in Europe—Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, France, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany—and they tell their stories with simplicity and dignity. Each story is interwoven with old snapshots of rescuers and survivors, their homes, their hiding places, and the communities in which they lived. (Amazon).
Run Time: 29 min.
Critical Review:
This book and the film that has been made out of it are both important spiritual documetns. What I found most moving was the contrast between the accounts which are told in such a matter-of-fact manner and the snapshots and photographs that appear...that are eloquent (Riemer, 375).
Riemer, J. "`The Courage To Care.'." Commonweal 115.12 (1988): 375-376.
Although this film is very short, it will give a unique perspective of the Holocaust. Many times teenagers ask about the people that weren't Jews. What did they do? This documentary gives that perspective and chronicles the heroism of some of the people during this time. It lets viewers know that not everyone stood idly by as the Holocaust took place around them.
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute
Citation:
Usc Shoah Foundation Institute. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 2002. Internet resource.
Explanation of Resource:
USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides a compelling voice for education and action.
Accessed online here: http://sfi.usc.edu/
Critical Review:
"Initially, Spielberg aimed for narratives from 50,000 Holocaust survivors and rescue-worker witnesses. However, once that goal was reached and exceeded, the foundation used these testimonies in their production of documentaries. More recently, this foundation, which grew out of a desire to ensure that the Holocaust will never happen again, expanded into collecting accounts from the Armenian, Rwandan and Cambodian genocides. With the connection to USC, these eyewitness stories serve as educational tools that will elicit the strong emotive response necessary for the prevention of future attempts at genocide" (Kirkus Reviews)
"The Legacy Of Schindler's List And The USC Shoah Foundation." Kirkus Reviews 82.6 (2014): 248.
What this foundation has done is truly astounding. The first person accounts of the survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust seen on this website are invaluable. The archive is easily searched by topic which makes it a great tool for teens when looking for first person accounts of the experiences they read about when reading Holocaust fiction or non-fiction. Although quite lengthy, below is an example of one of the testimonies that can be found on the foundation websites.
Citation:
Usc Shoah Foundation Institute. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, 2002. Internet resource.
Explanation of Resource:
USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides a compelling voice for education and action.
Accessed online here: http://sfi.usc.edu/
Critical Review:
"Initially, Spielberg aimed for narratives from 50,000 Holocaust survivors and rescue-worker witnesses. However, once that goal was reached and exceeded, the foundation used these testimonies in their production of documentaries. More recently, this foundation, which grew out of a desire to ensure that the Holocaust will never happen again, expanded into collecting accounts from the Armenian, Rwandan and Cambodian genocides. With the connection to USC, these eyewitness stories serve as educational tools that will elicit the strong emotive response necessary for the prevention of future attempts at genocide" (Kirkus Reviews)
"The Legacy Of Schindler's List And The USC Shoah Foundation." Kirkus Reviews 82.6 (2014): 248.
What this foundation has done is truly astounding. The first person accounts of the survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust seen on this website are invaluable. The archive is easily searched by topic which makes it a great tool for teens when looking for first person accounts of the experiences they read about when reading Holocaust fiction or non-fiction. Although quite lengthy, below is an example of one of the testimonies that can be found on the foundation websites.