1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT: THE HOLOCAUST

6. PROPAGANDA (n): Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. The information may be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect. [propaganda. (n.d.). The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition . Retrieved February 15, 2008, from Dictionary.com website] Top Left: "The result! A loss of racial pride." Germany, prewar [ushmm.org, Feb 15, 2008] Top Right: “German children read…DER GIFTPILZ ( "The Poisonous Mushroom"). The girl on the left holds a companion volume…"Trust No Fox." Germany, ca. 1938.” [ushmm.org, Feb 15, 2008] Bottom Right: "Healthy Parents have Healthy Children." Germany, date uncertain [ushmm.org, Feb 15, 2008] Bottom Left: “…from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It shows patients in an unidentified asylum. Their existence is described as ‘life without hope.’” Germany, prewar [ushmm.org, Feb 15, 2008]

12. Top Left: “A transport of Hungarian Jews lines up for selection at the Auschwitz extermination camp. Poland, May 1944.” Bottom Left: “Suitcases that belonged to people deported to the Auschwitz camp. This photograph was taken after Soviet forces liberated the camp. Auschwitz, Poland, after January 1945.” Top Right: “Hungarian Jews on their way to the gas chambers. Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, May 1944.” [ushmm.org, February 15, 2008]