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The influence of both world wars and the worldwide Great Depression are still evident. To understand the effects these events had on the modern world, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indicators:

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

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

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Renee Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born near Warsaw in 1922, Renee Kolender experienced a good childhood until war broke out, ending school, ending everything. Children were taken from the streets to work each day. Her family was...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Max Krautler | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born in 1917 in Poland, Max Krautler lived there until the outbreak of the war. He grew up amidst anti-Semitism and rumors of Hitler in the newspaper prior to the war. His family was moved into a...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Paula Popowski | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Paula Popowski | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Paula Popowski was born in Poland in 1923 in a predominantly Jewish city. "I came from a very orthodox family. I didn't socialize with Gentiles. Jews and Gentiles didn't mix in public school." In the...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Lon Redman | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Lon Redman | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
In April 1945, just before the war's end, Lon Redman encountered his first concentration camp—Flossenburg. There was no organized resistance against the American soldiers. They easily evacuated the...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Martha Bauer | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Martha Bauer | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Martha Bauer and her family lived in Belgium. When Hitler took over, children were taught to hate all Jews. She was careful with childhood friendships and would not even walk with non-Jewish friends...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Felix Bauer | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Felix Bauer | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born in Vienna in 1914, Felix Bauer lived with anti-Semitism even before Hitler's takeover of Austria. When the Nazis invaded, his father said, "Nobody will do anything to me." But the killings...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Joe Engel was born near Warsaw, Poland in 1927. His father ran a luncheonette grocery. He went to public school in a small Jewish community and felt the animosity created by anti-Semitism. In 1942 all...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Pincus Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Pincus Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Pincus Kolender was born in 1926 in Poland. In 1940 synagogues, schools, and businesses were closed to Jews, who were placed in ghettos. One always felt trapped in the ghetto. The Nazis treated people...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Horace Berry | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Horace Berry | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born in 1920 in Greer, S.C., Horace Berry graduated from Clemson in 1941 and entered the service. As part of Patton's army, he was assigned to bury the dead and send surviving Jews to hospitals in...
Gerald Jablon | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Hugo Schiller | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Hugo Schiller | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Hugo Schiller grew up in Germany in the 1930s, hearing about Hitler. His parents were forced to sell their business. In 1938, his father was arrested. His education in a public school ended when it...
Gerald Jablon | 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...
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...