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Standard 8.5.CO

8.5.CO - Compare South Carolina and U.S. wartime contributions and demobilization after World War II.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Paul Pritcher | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Paul Pritcher | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born in Orangeburg County, Paul Pritcher was drafted into the military in 1943. He knew about the concentration camps, but had no firsthand knowledge. He was with the first troops to arrive at...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Jadzia Stern, Part 1 | S. C Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Jadzia Stern, Part 1 | S. C Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Those born in Poland knew that people in Europe pointed a finger at Jews all the time; some still do today. When the Germans invaded Poland, some Jews fled with Gentiles or underground, but most were...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Jadzia Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices | Lessons from the Holocaust

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Jadzia Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices | Lessons from the Holocaust

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Lewis Rossinger, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lesson from the Holocaust

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Lewis Rossinger, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lesson from the Holocaust

Lewis Rossinger was born in 1938 in Hungary. Anti-Semitism was widespread and bullies in school called him a "dirty Jew." Rossinger was caught by the Gestapo and taken to a railroad station to be...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Lewis Rossinger, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Lewis Rossinger, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Lewis Rossinger was born in 1938 in Hungary. Anti-Semitism was widespread and bullies in school called him a "dirty Jew." Rossinger was caught by the Gestapo and taken to a railroad station to be...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born in Germany in 1906, Gerald Jablon saw anti-Semitism displayed in teachers' attitudes toward Jewish students. He was sent to a work camp to dig ditches; there was no room to sleep. No one knows...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Allen Carson Wise | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Allen Carson Wise | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Allen Wise is a native of Saluda, S.C. Graduating from medical school in 1943, he joined the Army and went to Germany. In 1945, his unit found a barn full of emaciated prisoners who had been burned to...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Leah Starkman, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Leah Starkman, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

When the Germans invaded Belgium, Leah Starkman and her family evacuated deep into France where they stayed until her parents were arrested. Later the children were shipped from one house to another...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Leah Starkman, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Leah Starkman, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Bert Gosschalk, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Bert Gosschalk, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

All five members of this Jewish family survived the World War II Nazi persecution in Holland, their home. Jewish refugees were trained in centers, by rote lessons, not to have ideas of their own or to...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Bert Gosschalk, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Bert Gosschalk, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Cela Miller, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Cela Miller, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Cela Miller grew up in Poland during the 1920s. When the war started, the Germans burned towns and homes; removed priests, professors, and Jews. Those who turned in Jews got a kilogram of sugar. She...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Cela Miller, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Cela Miller, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Claude Hipp | S.C. Voices: Lessons from Holocaust

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Claude Hipp | S.C. Voices: Lessons from Holocaust

Born in 1923 in Cross Hill, S.C., Claude Hipp was assigned to the Army infantry in North Carolina in 1943. He was shipped to Europe and marched through Camp Orsdorff where 9,000 workers had been...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Nathan Schaeffer | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Nathan Schaeffer | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Nathan Schaeffer was born in New York City and was serving in the U.S. Army when following Liberation he was sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp. The Germans living nearby the camp claimed not to...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In 1943 they were all taken away in...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Ben Stern Part 1 (Length 1:02:13) Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Bluma Goldberg | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Bluma Goldberg | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Bluma Goldberg grew up in Poland in a small, pretty town, with a close knit family and lots of friends. In 1939 Hitler invaded, and the whole town was burned. The Nazis took Jews, including her...

Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

Born in Poland, Felix Goldberg was captured near Warsaw in 1939 and sent to a German work camp. He worked hard on the farm in the bitter cold with little to eat. Later he was sent to Auschwitz. He...

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During the Celebrate Freedom - Tuskegee Airmen 60th Anniversary, Ralph Parks shares the history from Freedom through Flight: African Americans in the United States Air Force.

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During the Celebrate Freedom - Tuskegee Airmen 60th Anniversary, B.T. Cotner shares his vast military artifact collection.

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Exhibit 1: P-51C Mustang | Tuskegee Airmen

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During the Celebrate Freedom - Tuskegee Airmen 60th Anniversary, Jim Prater shares the history of the P-51C Mustang airplane. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single...

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Karen Rutherford, Daughter of a Tuskegee Airman

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Karen Rutherford is the director of Career Services at Benedict College in Columbia, SC. Karen's father and two of her uncles were all Tuskegee Airmen. In this interview, she shares the story of their...

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Colonel Herbert E. Carter | Tuskegee Airmen

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Herbert E. Carter (1919 - 2012) Colonel Herbert E. Carter was one of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. In this interview, Wood talks about his missions. Additional Information: Carter was a...