Topics of Discussion

KRISTALLNACHT

• How did prior anti-Semitic incidents lead to Kristallnacht?

• Who were the architects of the event?

• What actually happened?

• Who were the people involved?

• How was it handled by the world press?

• What were the results?

• What actions did the Jews take against the Nazis?

• What did the Russians do to settle the score?

• What happened to all the stolen jewelry and art works?

• What role did the Swiss government play in not returning deposited Jewish assets?

COMING TO AMERICA

• Where did they go?

• How did they get there?

• How did they start anew?

• Who helped them and how?

• How were they viewed and how

did they view others?

• How did they socialize in society?

• How did the people arrive there?

• What was a day like in the camps from

morning to night?

• What were the selections?

• Who performed them?

• What happened after the selections?

• Who was in charge and what was

the hierarchy?

• What was SS?

• Who survived and how?

THE NUREMBERG TRIALS

• Who were the accused?

• What was their crime?

• What were the verdicts?

• Why weren’t many high level Nazi’s indicted?

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS?

• What are the scars that plague the parents?

• What are the scars that plague the children?

• What are the integrated family dynamics?

• Requirements of children of holocaust survivors?

• Work ethic of the parents of holocaust survivors?

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