Mosaic: Victims of Nazi persecution

This is the story of Martin and Erica Stern and the journey they were forced to make through Europe during the Second World War.

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Martin and Erica's Journey' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Paul’s story, like that of millions of other Jewish people in Hitler’s Europe 1933-45, is a story of fear, persecution and cruelty, which illustrates the dangers of sectarianism and ethnic or racial prejudice – a lesson we must never forget.

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Paul's Journey' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Czesława Kwoka was born on 15th August 1928 in Wólka Złojecka, a small village near the city of Zamość in south-eastern Poland.

Why would a Government not allow children to go to school? Why would children be stolen from their families? What do you understand by the term ‘Germanisation’?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Persecution of Poles' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Konstantin Alexandrovich Shilov was born in Bugulma in Russia in 1913 and, like millions of other Russians of his generation, he experienced great hardship during his childhood.

Why do international laws exist? What can happen when they are ignored? How should soldiers who are captured by those they are fighting be treated?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Soviet prisoners of war' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Richard Grune was born on 2nd August 1903 in Flensburg in northern Germany.

Why would these men have been persecuted? What was Paragraph 175? What did the pink triangle symbolise?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Persecution of gay men' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Magdalena Kusserow was born on 23rd January 1924 in Bochum in Germany.

Why would a government regard a family home as a threat? Why would someone refuse to serve in the army? What would a person be prepared to sacrifice for their faith?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Theodor Wonja Michael was born into a mixed race family in Berlin on 15th January 1925.

What was ‘racial science’? What does ‘Afrodeutsch’ mean? Who has the right to decide who can have children?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Persecution of black people' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Theresia Karas was born on 13th May 1928 in Salzburg, Austria.

What is the purpose of a castle? What does “Euthanasia” mean? Who has the right to choose who lives and who dies?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Disabled people and the euthanasia programme' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Rita Prigmore was born on 3rd March 1943 in Wuerzburg, Germany, together with her twin sister Rolanda, into a Sinti (Gypsy) family.

What does “sterilization” mean? Why would a government prevent certain groups from having children? Why would a Gypsy be sterilized?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Persecution of Gypsies and the Porrajmos' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, which is today part of Romania.

What makes a community? What does a synagogue look like? What was lost during the Holocaust?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Jews in Hungary' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.

Wilhelm Leuschner was born into a working class family on 15th June 1890 in the German city of Bayreuth.

Why would workers go on strike? What rights should workers have? Why would a government abolish trade unions?

Teaching notes on the content and usage of the 'Persecution of trade unionists' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.