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Year 9

The Holocaust: what was the Holocaust?

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  • Empire, persecution and resistance

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In this unit, pupils investigate what the Holocaust was. They place this significant event in context, examine Jewish life in Europe before WW2 and analyse Nazi persecution of the Jewish people. They also reflect on Jewish resistance and the role of various perpetrators in this event.

This unit uses and builds on the previous unit about the Second World War. This unit prepares pupils for key stage 4 study of Nazi Germany, as well as for key stage 4 migration units that discuss the historical treatment of Jews before the events of the Holocaust.

  1. The Holocaust in context
  2. Jewish life in Europe before WW2
  3. Nazi persecution of Jewish people
  4. Ghettos and the 'Final Solution'
  5. Victims and perpetrators
  6. Jewish resistance to the Holocaust
  7. 'Choiceless choices' during the Holocaust

  • Pupils know that Hitler was the German leader during the Second World War.
  • Pupils know that marginalised groups have experienced oppression and persecution throughout history.
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