Elie Wiesel postcard
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, which is today part of Romania.
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, which is today part of Romania.
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.
Theresia Karas was born on 13th May 1928 in Salzburg, Austria.
Why would these men have been persecuted? What was Paragraph 175? What did the pink triangle symbolise?
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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 'Persecution of gay men' section of the resource, together with advice on the pedagogical challenges and conceptual issues it raises.
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.
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.
Czesława Kwoka was born on 15th August 1928 in Wólka Złojecka, a small village near the city of Zamość in south-eastern Poland.
Rita Prigmore was born on 3rd March 1943 in Wuerzburg, Germany, together with her twin sister Rolanda, into a Sinti (Gypsy) family.