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High School History Recap#38 The Holocaust Series Part 3 with Tali Nates, Catherine Boyd and Mduduzi NtuliThis is the last part in our series on the Holocaust in cooperation with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. In this episode, we look at some primary sources on the Holocaust. We reflect on people's moral choices (and dilemmas), and the roles of perpetrators, bystanders, victims, resisters, and upstanders. Mdu explains why we should consider the choices people had at the time, and shows how we have similar choices today. Tali focuses on testimonies as a source on the Holocaust, and shares her own family's moving story with us. Catherine provides more information on propaganda films made at...2020-06-241h 11High School History Recap#34 The Holocaust Series Part 2 with Tali Nates, Catherine Boyd and Mduduzi NtuliIn Part 2 of our Holocaust Series we investigate how life changed for the Jews in Germany after the pogroms in November 1938 (also known as Kristallnacht). We look at policy changes in Germany regarding the Jewish people: from immigration to expulsion. How did the situation worsen when the Second World War broke out in September 1939. We talk about the different types of concentration camps and what conditions were like in the ghettos. The Jewish people reacted (and resisted) in many different ways, and showed tremendous resilience. What "solutions" did the Nazis consider for the "Jewish Question"? We discuss the Einsatzgruppen...2020-06-111h 06High School History Recap#32 The Holocaust Series Part 1 with Tali Nates, Catherine Boyd and Mduduzi NtuliThis is the first episode in a series on the Holocaust. We have invited the experts at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre to come and speak with us on how a culture of hatred is created in society, and how this applies to Nazi Germany. Tali Nates introduces us to the Centre and provides us with some history of the Centre as well. Mduduzi Ntuli shows how identity formation gives rise to the concept of "othering," and how stereotypes and prejudices lay the foundation for hatred to develop. Tali shares stories about the Jews before World War II...2020-06-0544 min