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Interpreting the Evidence

Nazis Take Drivers' Permits from Jews

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About this Activity

  • Documents in this Activity:
  • Historical Eras:

    The Great Depression and WW II (1929 - 1945)

  • Thinking Skill:

    Historical Analysis & Interpretation

  • Grade Level:

    Middle School
    High School

  • Topics:

    Jewish History
    Transportation
    World War II

  • Primary Source Types:

    Written Document

  • Regions:

    Global

  • Creator:

    NYS Archives Partnership Trust Education Team.

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Suggested Teaching Instructions

The discovery of the 13 Drivers’ Licenses in the town of Lichtenfels in 2017 revealed a poignant and haunting connection to the atrocities committed against Jewish residents during the Nazi regime. These driver’s licenses, which the Nazi authorities confiscated from Jewish citizens in 1938, shortly after the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht) and during the period of escalating persecution, became a tangible reminder of the individuals who the Nazis stripped of their rights, dignity and ultimately their lives.

GRADE 8 - KEY IDEA 8.6: WORLD WAR II
The nature and consequences of warfare during World War II transformed the United States and the global community.  The damage from total warfare and human atrocities, including the Holocaust, led to a call for an international

  • Students will investigate the Holocaust and explain the historical significance of the Nuremberg trials.

GRADE 10 - KEY IDEA 10.5: UNRESOLVED GLOBAL CONFLICT (1914–1945)
Nationalism and ideology played a significant role in shaping the period between the world wars.

  • Students will examine the role of nationalism and the development of the National Socialist state under Hitler in Germany.

Human atrocities and mass murders occurred in this time period.

  • Students will examine the atrocities against the Armenians; examine the Ukrainian Holodomor, and examine the Holocaust.

GRADE 10 - KEY IDEA 10.10: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated

  • Students will investigate and analyze the historical context of the Holocaust, Nuremberg Trials, …  and their impacts on the UN Universal     Declaration of Human Rights.
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