International Holocaust Memorial Day “Speak Up, Speak Out” 27th January 2012

key vocabulary 1.victim 2.perpetrator 3.bystander 4.rescuer a)Someone who helps others b)Someone who suffers discrimination, violence or death at the hands of another c)Someone who carries out a crime d)Someone who does nothing

Irena Sendler

Janusz Korczak

Franz Wolfhart

Freddie Knoller

Gad Beck At New York’s Gay Pride 1997

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me First they came Pastor Martin Niemoller

Why have a Holocaust Memorial Day? Is it necessary? Why/why not? Is it important? Why? What should people do to remember events like this?