Description

Facing History and Ourselves has helped educators around the world recognize the importance of teaching students about the events leading up to the Holocaust. While the context of Germany from 1920–1945 was certainly unique, in this history we can still find themes that are familiar to us today—themes such as peer pressure, obedience, fear and self-preservation, opportunism, and prejudice. When students have a deeper understanding of how these factors influenced the choices made by individuals, groups and nations during the Holocaust, as well as the years that preceded this horrific tragedy, they gain a tool that can help them navigate their own moral universe.