Brundibar+Project

Visit Brundibar on Moodle to find a great collection of materials for the Brundibar project. =Background Information:=

Historical Background

 * Timeline of Events
 * Holocaust Encyclopedia: Introduction to the Holocaust (Historical Film Footage)
 * Learning Sites for Students
 * Terezin Slideshow (TeacherTube) - photos of Terezin in present day
 * Voices from Lodz Ghetto (TeacherTube) - pictures of children

Propaganda:
Film was used by the Third Reich as a powerful tool for controlling public opinion. Two propaganda films were made about the Terezin ghetto during the war. 
 * Truth and Lies. Filming in the Terezin Ghetto, 1942-1945. Exhibition Jewish Museum Prague.

Symbolism:

 * Defiant Requiem: Voices of Resistance - video 1hr and 27 min about Raphael Schachter, a conductor, who lead survivors of Terezin to present Verdi's Requiem to the Nazis.
 * Life and Laughter from Oscar-nominated film about survivor, 110, Alice Herz-Sommer, a concert pianist in Theresienstadt.

=Connect to Present Life=
 * Confront Genocide
 * Confront Antisemitism
 * Auschwitz through the lens of the SS 

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