MS. BERRY SOCIAL STUDIES 6 TH GRADE HOLOCAUST

WARM UP: What do you know or think you know about WWII and the Holocaust?

MONDAY: SPEAKER ASSEMBLY Monday from 9:30-10:45 Mrs. Deborah Long Chapel Hill-Durham Holocaust Speakers Bureau Share the story of her two parents who survived the Holocaust. Mother: Fayga Galas Father: Tibor Munk I want you to be prepared for the presentation.

WWII GERMANY Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 as a dictator. Leader of the Nazi’s, a powerful political group. Believed that Aryans or whites were racially superior and wanted to destroy all other groups, especially the Jews. At the time Jewish population in Europe was over 9 million.

HOLOCAUST: FINAL SOLUTION Goal was to kill as many non-Aryans as possible to create a superior world. They were first relocated to Ghettos - gated/fenced communities where they had few rights and freedoms. Lost jobs and houses and were forced to wear Star of David so everyone knew they were Jewish. Then they were taken to Concentration Camps where people were forced to work, were starved, and killed.

NO SOLUTION Many people believed the Holocaust was a lie or a hoax. Some Jews were able to flee and escape, other hid. Many countries would not take refugees - fleeing to escape persecution. The war ended on May 8, By the end, it is estimated that 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews (disabled, criminals, Polish, Russian soldiers, priests and nuns, Gypsies, etc) were killed.

MOTHER: FAYGA GALAS Krakow, Poland 22 years old when Nazis invaded Poland Had a 6 siblings at home, mother, and father; wealthy family Forced from home and moved into ghetto Forced to work in boot making factory; very little food, difficult to survive Taken to concentration camp; parents were killed Liberated from camp in 1945 by Americans, was 28

NEW LIFE FOR FAYGA She met Tibor Munk and they married Moved to Chicago in 1946 Began a drapery business and took classes to learn english She was the sole survivor of her family.

FATHER- TIBOR MUNK Budapest, Hungary Nazis invaded much later when he was 18 Taken to a camp and forced to work in copper mines; worked hard and barely fed Bor Death March- moved to other camps on foot then marched another 1,000 miles to Germany Worked building bombs Practiced “passive resistance” by sabotaging bombs

NEW LIFE Found his mother had survived Though he was listed as one of dead Married and had two children Returned to Budapest, Hungary in 1984

QUESTIONS Answer questions 1 & 2 on your own. Answer 5 together.

SURVIVING KRISTALLNACHT Junior Scholastic Page 10 Let’s read! Answer Map questions 1-10 ( Skip #3 ) on back of your question sheet.

MAP ANSWERS 1.Berlin 2.June, ? ? 4.Athens 5.250/275 miles 6.English Channel 7.Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway 8.Hiroshima and Nagasaki 9.Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey 10.Corsica & Sardinia