Jewish+Holocaust-+Contextual+Study

The second text we will be studying is 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' and this text deals with the horrific occurrences in the Second World War. For information about the Second World War, Click on the following Links:

[|World War 2. Net]

This website goes through, in chronological order, the events of every single day in the Second World War.

In the film 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' the issues that are raised are specifically about The Shoah, also known as The Jewish Holocaust. The Holocaust was the planned and institutionalized murder of millions of Jews, Homosexuals, Disabled people etc. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany at the time, believed in an Arian Race and anybody who didn't fit that norm was considered unfit and was exterminated. For more information about the Jewish Holocaust here is a Chapter taken from a book about the Jewish Holocaust, Click Below to access this document:



Auschwitz, one of the infamous Nazi Extermination camps during the Second World War.  Context Assignment I have created a Context Assignment which will strengthen your understanding of this time in history and the treatment of the Jews in the Second World War. It highlights their treatment and also includes memoirs (stories) from the survivors of the Holocaust. Click below to access this file: