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In the video, “Teaching the Holocaust Using Photographs”, ISHS staff member Franziska Reiniger discusses how you can explore Holocaust photography with your students. Introducing some general points to keep in mind when teaching using any photograph from the Holocaust, Ms. Reiniger then proceeds with two examples, demonstrating the remarkable differences we find in photographs taken from different points of view. The graphical elements within a photograph sometimes hint at the external circumstances surrounding the time and place when the photograph was taken, and be studying both we deepen our understanding of the Holocaust. The photographs discussed in this video are available for viewing and for downloading from our website.
Franziska Reiniger is a staff member at the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem.
Part 1: Teaching the Holocaust Using Photographs
Part 2: Photographs as Propaganda
part 3: Documentation of Atrocities: The Jewish Photographer Henryk Ross
Archival footage and photographs:
Yad Vashem Photo Archive.
Yad Vashem Film Archive.
Yad Vashem Museum Collection
The Yad Vashem Visual Center
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Agentur Karl Höffkes
Bundesfilmarchiv/Transit Film GmbH.
Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum, Israel / Photo Archive
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Material from:
Lodz Ghetto Album: The photographs of Henryk Ross, Archive of Modern Conflict & Chris Boot, Ltd, London, 2004. Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Film segments:
Memories of the Eichmann Trial, Director: David Perlov (1979, Israel). Produced by: Israel Broadcasting Authority- Channel 1 Restoration (2011) produced by Yad Vashem – The Visual Center, Producers: Yael Perlov, Liat Benhabib With the support of the Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Memory in Israel
Eichmann Trial testimony – Israel State Archives
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I like that!
I look at Israel full of culture and beauty growing daily and I look at Germany misery then and more misery to come, when you go too Germany the tour guides tell you not to try and joke with the locals they get angry a stark contrast in people I know where I want to be…🌷🇮🇱
Wonderful Clip…..He knew the risks…..Yet his story had to be told…..Amaziing!
Did you know that the Germans wanted to send the Jews away to Madagascar first?
always a hero arnt they
"THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL, IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING"
That’s absolutely amazing! This man risks everything to show the world.
the biggest crime of western civilization is to allow German nation to exist, they should be killed everyone in 1945.I world war – germans killed 37 millions, II world war – again germans invantion murdered 80 milions innocent people.Now in current time, Hitler's daughter destroyed Europe culture by allowing muslims invasion. Justice ! after so many crimes Germans are ruler over Europe innocent inhabitants! Everybody blind ? Germans should be annihilate to save mankind.Germans are pure evil !
Seriously brave man. He would have instantly been executed had he been caught.
Lesson Learned……NEVER worship "Man" Worship GOD/LOVE
Please some photographs of dresden germany
In AWE of Henryk Ross's Courage!
When good men do nothing .evil prevails
My prayers go out to these people who died in the Holocaust, whether they would be Jewish or non-Jewish people. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
What the hell is wrong with Adolf Hitler?????? What kind of man would do this?????????
Amidah: This was the prayer of Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust.
The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah, "The Standing Prayer"), also called the Shmoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה, "The Eighteen", in reference to the original number of constituent blessings: there are now nineteen), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy.
Such a,,,,,Brave Man!
Why should we assume the photographer is "really" proud of what they did if a photograph is kept in a personal collection? Why not assume that they were minimally proud, but just above the borderline of caring enough to not throw them away?…..we can't assume anything.
Shame on all those who stood by and let it happen.
I am surprised that the Jewish policemen allowed him to take pictures. I thought it would have been dangerous.
📸Thank you for this clip! The bravery this gentleman displayed was astounding, very grateful for this! Exposing the atrocities, this evidence was perfect!!📸
I'm an old man ,I was 8 when the war ended .I want to make a comment but I just don't know how to express my horror that some perpetrators are still alive .