Read the article on your desk, QUIETLY.

In 10 minutes we will discuss the article.and have a short activity.

a. What are children at the Humboldt Gymnasium reading?b. What do you think is peculiar about reading “a comic book about the Holocaust”?c. Why do you think Pascal Bruckner thinks it is obscene for French students to study the life of one of the French children killed in the Holocaust?d. What does the author mean when he says the Second World War is “passing from living memory”?e. How is studying the Holocaust different for today’s German students than it was for students 15 or 20 years ago? Why?f. What prevented students from speaking freely about the events of World War II in the classroom in the past?g. Why does Jens Augner think “The Search” is a good academic resource?h. What organization helped put together “The Search”? Why is this significant?i. What types of details were considered when creating this comic book? Why?j. Would you want to read “The Search”? Why or why not?

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At each station, you will find an excerpt from the article that should encourage a comment, reaction, question, or analytical thought.

As your group rotates through each station each of you will add your own comments, reactions, questions and thoughts.

This activity then becomes a “conversation on paper” in which you react to the text as well as to the comments of previous students.

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