Study Guide - Menemsha Films

NSS-WH.5-12.8 ERA 8: A HALF-CENTURY OF CRISIS ANDACHIEVEMENT, 1900-19453. Resistance comes in many forms: spiritual, physical, mental, etc. Can you list multipleforms or instances of resistance, as told in this film?NSS-C.9-12.5 ROLES OF THE CITIZEN4. Near the end of the film, there is a quote from Simon Wiesenthal: “When we come to theother world and meet the millions of Jews who died in the camps and they ask us ‘Whathave you done?’ I will say, ‘I did not forget you.’” Shortly after that, Willi Groag says,“We have to do everything to remain in the memory of mankind.”a. Before the film began, you were asked to give your definition of “memory”. Hasthis definition changed?b. In what ways did the artists depicted strive to keep memory alive?5. React to this quote from Simon Wiesenthal, a motto: “Oh Lord, do not forgive them, forthey know what they are doing.” If possible, read Wiesenthal’s memoir, The Sunflower.The first 95 pages are Wiesenthal’s testimony; the remainder of the 200+-page tome is asymposium of various thinkers discussing Wiesenthal’s stance on forgiveness.NL-ENG.K-12.2 UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE6. Dina Gottliebova-Babbitt went through a long battle to regain possession of her artworksthat were created for Josef Mengele in Auschwitz. Research the case, which was neverresolved.a. What are the fundamental issues in the case?b. Can you make a defense for the Auschwitz museum and the government ofPoland?NSS-C.9-12.5 ROLES OF THE CITIZENSuggested Bibliographies:For more information on the role of art, music, poetry, and literature in the Holocaust, pleaseconsult the following bibliographies.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, music, available athttp://www.ushmm.org/research/library/bibliography/?lang=en&content=musicAs Seen Through These Eyes Page 31