International Holocaust Memorial Day “Speak Up, Speak Out” 27th January 2012
Dec 30, 2015
International Holocaust Memorial
Day
“Speak Up, Speak Out”
27th January 2012
key vocabulary
1. victim
2. perpetrator
3. bystander
4. rescuer
a) Someone who helps others
b) Someone who suffers discrimination, violence or death at the hands of another
c) Someone who carries out a crime
d) Someone who does nothing
Irena Sendler
Janusz Korczak
Franz Wolfhart
Freddie Knoller
Gad Beck
At New York’s Gay Pride 1997
First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a CommunistThen they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a SocialistThen they came for the trade unionistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the JewsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a JewThen they came for meAnd there was no one left
To speak out for me
First they came
Pastor Martin Niemoller
Why have a Holocaust Memorial Day?
• Is it necessary? Why/why not?
• Is it important? Why?
• What should people do to remember events like this?