Father Patrick DesBois

I read a while back about a French priest who has taken on the mission of discovering every mass grave of Jews in the Ukraine.  It is a pretty interesting story and the link to the NY TImes article is below.  I am also linking a podcast (below that) from the USHMM about it.

NY Times article


Podcast


If you read the article or listen to the podcast, I would love to hear your thoughts on it.  These would have been the victims of the mobile killing squads we talked about today.

What is the importance of knowing where someone is buried, of having an actual grave to visit?  Why do people return to the scene of accidents and deaths?  Why are these things so important to us as humans?

Week of 10/28

I really appreciate those of you who are working so hard on your Memorial projects. I think they are going to turn out fantastic and you will really feel accomplished. This week will bring more information on the actual camps as well as a day that I started last year and really felt that they benefitted from. I'm looking forward to that day very much.

Monday, 10/28
Work on Memorial Project

Tuesday, 10/29
Camps E and R
Ecphrastic poetry due

Wednesday, 10/30
Camp Stations Information Day

Thursday, 10/31
Maus II Seminar

Friday, 11/1
Round table discussion

Week of 10/21

I may have missed last week, and I'm sorry. This week is going to be moving us into the much heavier stuff, so you need to be ready.

Monday, 10.21
Wannsee Conference clip

Tuesday, 10.22
Deportations

Wednesday, 10.23
Finish deportations

Thursday, 10.24


Friday, 10.25
Euthanasia program
Mobile killing squads

Monday, 10/28, is when we will work on our memorial projects again. Be ready for that. You cannot spend the period just wasting time. WORK, WORK, WORK. :)

Week of 9/30

Just when we really start getting to the hard stuff (this week), we get a week off (next week). That will be nice for us.

Monday, 9/30
Maus I Discussion
Salvaged Pages Discussion
Read Salvaged Pages

Tuesday, 10/1
Book Thief Proj due
Lodz Ghetto notes
Poetry
Ghettos

Wednesday, 10/2
Rumkowski
Journal Assignment 4

Thursday, 10/3
Share Journal 4
Ghettos
"To the Little Polish Boy"
Salvaged Pages

Friday, 10/4
Journal for hw
Evaluation

Week of 9/23

I am so excited to see your presentations this week and also for us to start THE BOOK THIEF!!!! :)

Monday, 9/23
Presentations

Tuesday, 9/24
Watch "Swing Kids"

Wednesday, 9/25
Finish "Swing Kids"

Thursday, 9/26
The Book Thief

Friday, 9/27
The Book Thief

Week of 9/16

We will be moving toward the ending of this unit this week and next.

Monday, 9/16
Kristallnacht

Tuesday, 9/17
Library/Lab

Wednesday, 9/18
Library/Lab

Thursday, 9/19
Catch up
Reading Day, Maus

Friday, 9/20
Reading Day, Maus

Week of 9/9

This week's schedule is somewhat disrupted (not even sure exactly how much), but we will push through. This week is the beginnings of the Nazi regime, Kristallnacht, etc. I am switching one thing on the calendar, by the way...

Monday, 9/9

College Fair

Salvaged Pages reading day

Tuesday, 9/10

Weimar Republic

Wednesday, 9/11

Nazi Germany's Anti-Jewish policy

Discussion

Thursday, 9/12

Kristallnacht jigsaw

Friday, 9/13

Watch "I'm Still Here"