Unit 6 The Invisible Collection Supplement: The Holocaust and Jews What is the Holocaust? Who are Jews? According to Winston Churchill, “The Holocaust is probably the greatest and most terrible crime ever committed in the whole history of the world.”
The Holocaust holos:completely; kaustos: burnt Definition:the genocide of about six million European Jews during WWII, by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime of Germany Ghetto Concentration Camp Gas Chamber Inhumane Body Experiments
Auschwitz, Poland
Jewish Memorial
Brandt’s Apology
Famous Jews in all walks of life Do you know many celebrities are Jews and they have great talents and achievements in their professional areas. Let’s look at the following examples.
Germany (died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp)
Anne Frank She gained international fame post- humously following the publication of her diary. (pictures in Amsterdam)
The Diary of Anne Frank, 1947 Otto Frank: “For me it was a revelation... I had no idea of the depth of her thoughts and feelings...She had kept all these feelings to herself.”
, Austria An influential psychologist Psychoanalytic school of psychology The Unconscious, Hysteria, Talk Cure Work: The Interpretations of Dreams (1899)
Sigmund Freud (Statue in London)
Germany, Italy,Switzerland, USA A physicist winning the 1921 Nobel Prize Published over 300 scientific works and 150 non-scientific works His name means “genius” Theory of relativity Mass-Energy Equivalence
Albert Einstein Person of the Century in 1999, Time
, Mexico Female Artist Surrealism 1925 Serious Car Accident 1929 Married Diego Rivera ( Muralist) Self-Portraits The film stars Salma Hayek
Frida Kahlo
, Czech Republic World-renowned writer Agonizing relation- ship with his father Insurance officer, factory manager Suffer from T. B.
Franz Kafka Works: The Metamorphosis (1915) The Trial (1925) The Castle (1926)
Kafka’s House 22 Golden Lane in Prague
Kafka’s Statue in Prague Sculptured by Jaroslav Rona The image of a young man riding on another one's shoulders through the night streets of Prague appears in Franz Kafka's early short story "Description of a Struggle."
, Austria Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Biographer Pacifist Suicide in Brazil
Stefan Zweig Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922) The Invisible Collection (1926) Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927) World of Yesterday (Autobiography, 1942)
1946-Present, USA A Hollywood Director Dream Work Academy Award: Best Director (Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan) Best Picture (Schindler’s List, Saving) Works: ET (1982), Jaws (1975), Jurassic Park (1993) Schindler’s List (1993) Steven Speilberg
Schindler’s List Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Right: Oscar Schindler & Itzhak Stern Left: One of several name lists(more than 1000 Polish Jews)
Conclusion I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal.”all men are created equal - Martin Luther King, Jr. I think it better to conclude in good time and in erect bearing a life in which intellectual labor meant purest joy and personal freedom the highest good on earth. – Stefan Zweig