English 047 Research project related to Night & the Holocaust- Initial steps Instructions: 1.

Choose 1 topic, brainstorm & design your own question that will formulate your position on the topic, this will also help to narrow and focus your research, otherwise these topics could lead to a novel rather than an essay! 2. Conduct in-depth research on your chosen topic (make sure that your sources are legitimate (books, sources I have listed on our website, universities, memorial or holocaust centers/organizations, major news networks (Al-Jazeera, BBC, NY Times, Globe & Mail, Guardian, Le Monde, Times, Washington Post, NPR, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, etc.), government websites are all valid sources). 3. Carefully select 3-4 powerful quotes on your topics that relate and support to you stance on Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. the issue

Jewish refugees: Where did they go? What countries welcomed them? Hungarian Police during WWII & complicity in Holocaust Kabbalah & Jewish mysticism Hidden Jewish children Loss of faith due to trauma during war Denial from within Jewish community Dehumanization of Jews by Nazis Value and importance of Jewish language, religion, religious figures -(religious allusion, religious teaching, respect for rabbis) 9. Slave labour of Jews and enslaved peoples by the Nazis- Exploitation & profit 10. Zionist Youth Organization versus Hitler Youth 11. Gestapo 12. Persecution of non-Jewish peoples during the Holocaust 13. Role & function of ghettos during Holocaust 14. Jewish stereotypes & Anti-Semitism in Europe leading up to WWII- causes 15. Jewish Councils throughout Europe during WWII: power, coercion, complicity 16. Steps to ensure remembrance of Holocaust 17. Creation of Israel (1948): factors leading to creation, outcome, success and challenges; irony behind UK denying Jews entry into Palestine (site of Israel) during WWII 18. The Final Solution & Auschwitz as the ultimate factory of death 19. Holocaust literature as a tool for healing 20. Stolen Jewish art, gold & treasures 21. Denial, bystanders & witnessing the Holocaust: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke)

Resources on terms: a. Bystanders: http://web.mit.edu/bystanders/definition/index.html http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/bystander b. Witnessing: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/witness c. Genocide: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007043 d. Complicity: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/complicity e. Oppression, Dehumanization & Exploitation: http://wwwpersonal.umich.edu/~mdover/website/Oppression%20Compendium%20and%20Materials/Definitions%20of% 20Oppression.pdf