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

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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