Holocaust Post

Our library will be hosting a Holocaust speaker later in May that has been schedule by our Middle School teachers. In advance of that program, I suggested the following reading opportunity. I will be using the letters from the The Stroop Report; a collection of facsimile primary source documents written by the Nazi commander responsible for the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto. My intention is to "send" an addressed Stroop letter each day for two weeks to the Social Studies teacher as though intercepted by her.

These first-hand reports portray in a callous calculating manner the systematic, brutal, and nightmarish steps in this defining Holocaust action. I believe they will provide a compelling backdrop for their immersion in this event.