Standard USHC-7

USHC-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of World War II on the United States and the nation’s subsequent role in the world.

Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Year: 2011

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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...

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

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

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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...

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

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

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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...