History Explore Fair May 2013 Horizon Middle School, Moorhead, MN Background:Max Liebster was one of three kids. He loved working with clothes. He worked at his family store. He loved his job. But he had to leave. His family store was looted and burned. His family left and went to
Living Wax Museum on May 19, 2015Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, IN For several weeks, the 6th grade students at Leesburg Elementary School learned about the Holocaust. They created a Living Wax Museum by researching and portraying a Holocaust victim through costume and a speech. Cameron chose to portray Gregor Wohlfahrt.
National History Day 2009 Competition : “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies”Historical Exhibit, John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Somerville, MA Andreia Dacosta Project Our project relates to the theme: “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacy” because Hitler’s action against the Jehovah Witnesses during the Holocaust is an example
December 1, 2015Reading Class for Advanced StudentsWest Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana Students were assigned to give a Book Talk on a book of their choice. Aarica wrote her Book Talk about Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe by Simone Arnold Liebster and delivered it to her
National History Day Each year over half a million students participate in the NHD Contest. Students conduct primary and secondary research on a topic of their choosing related to the annual theme. NHD Student Resources include Helpful Research Links for the purpose of helping students with their project. Included is
During the 2009 school year tenth-grade students from Northrop High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana asked Robert Wagemann the following questions regarding his personal experiences during the Holocaust. Question #1 : Did you or your family have second thoughts about your faith and whether there was a god? Question #2
QUESTION #1:DID YOU OR YOUR FAMILY HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR FAITH AND WHETHER THERE WAS A GOD? After seeing the hypocrisy of the mainstream religions (the Catholic Church making a Concordat with the Hitler regime and the Protestants’ clergy encouraging the people to vote for It), my parents’ study
QUESTION #2:FAITH PLAYED THE BIGGEST ROLE IN HELPING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO SURVIVE, BUT DID YOU ALSO RELY ON YOUR WITS OR SOMETHING MORE? To answer this question I will relate what happened to my mother on one occasion: Since Jehovah’s Witnesses were banned, they could not meet in large groups
QUESTION #4 :HOW DID YOU PERSONALLY REACT TOWARD THE SS GUARDS ? WERE THEY ALL VIOLENT ?HOW COULD PEOPLE BEHAVE THAT WAY ?IS THERE A LESSON TO BE LEARNED? The SS man who rescued me in Auschwitz once told me: “I feel like I’m on a runaway train going downhill.