Learning Activities

Multiple forms of written and artistic expression provide students with a window into the thoughts and feelings of children during the Holocaust. Anne Frank, Ruth Laskier, and Yitskhok Rudashevski kept journals and diaries during their time in hiding and while living in a ghetto. Heinz Geiringer wrote poetry and painted while in hiding, as did the children held in Theresienstadt. The historical narratives listed can be used by the teacher to gain and share knowledge about each person or group or given to students to read for great context before analyzing the primary sources.