Range of Choices in the 1930s

1. UNDERSTANDING THE VOICES AND CHOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE
HOLOCAUST
June 29-30, 2015
Turning Neighbor Against Neighbor

2. Essential Questions
• How does identity influence the choices made?
• What other factors influenced choices?
• What were the consequences of those choices?
People have choices, choices make history

3. Turning Neighbor Against Neighbor:
The Nazis In Power
Each group has been assigned a reading that looks at the
effects of Hitler’s consolidation of power in the 1930’s on
the lives of ordinary Germans. The following is a list of
selected readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior:
1. “Taking Over the Universities” p. 172
2. “Do You Take the Oath?” p.198
3. “Defining a Jew” and “The People Respond” p. 201 & 203
4. “Changes at School” p. 175
5. “The Birthday Party” p. 237

4. Instructions
1. After you and your group members read your assigned selection,
please discuss the following questions as a group:
A. What is the dilemma/decision presented in the reading?
B. What is the range of choices/options that the individual faces?
C. What is the ultimate decision that person makes? How do you
account for that decision?
2. Based on your discussion, create a visual representation of the
moral dilemma in your reading.

5. Group Presentations