Holocaust 101 for Sensitive Learners

We will examine how Nazi Germany economically and socially disenfranchised Jewish people while running a euthanasia program called T4 to eliminate lesser desired members of German society (disabled, elderly, mentally handicapped, etc.). The class will encompass a memo issued by the Nazi Foreign Ministry in 1939 to the Wannsee Conference in 1942, to the end of the war in 1945 and how Nazi policies evolved and were coordinated to murder as many Jewish people as possible. 

Content is presented via slides, videos, images and discussion.  Students are encouraged to ask questions, summarize and analyze the content shared throughout the class.


Discussion and interaction are required elements of this class and students are STRONGLY urged to use their cameras and microphones in order to receive the full benefits of this class. 

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Outschool has recently changed its policy regarding class cancellations. We know how disappointing canceled classes can be for learners, so we too are amending our policy.  In the past we have waited for late enrollees, of which we have had MANY!  Unfortunately we can no longer do that. 

Instead we will evaluate class enrollment for ongoing classes on teach Sunday at 5pm Eastern.  IF enrollment falls below 3 students, we will push the class back a week and offer students a refund for the missed class.  When other sections are available students will have the option to transfer to another class. 

For one time, camp and multi day classes we will postpone the start of the class if enrollment falls below 3 learners 48 hours before the class is scheduled to begin.  Full refunds will be provided for learners who cannot attend the newly scheduled class time. 
 
Thank you for understanding, and for your loyalty.

Transfer requests within 24 hours of a scheduled class will NOT be approved.  At that point it is too late to reschedule the class, and it is unfair to other families who may have enrolled thinking there were multiple learners enrolled. Instead students will be encouraged to watch the video of the class.

The class will be taught in 4 sections:
     Economic and Social Disenfranchisement
     Relocation, Forced Labor, Ghettos
     The T4 Program vs. The Final Solution
     Systematic annihilation on multiple fronts

While this class will not include graphic imagery, words like murder, annihilation, extermination, death camps and concentration camps are used.  Images of concentration camps, gas chambers, and prisoners may be included in the presentation.  Sensitive students are encouraged to enroll but know that while the imagery is not horrific, the nature of the content may be difficult to absorb without emotion.

Of additional note is that the horrific atrocities are presented from a historical perspective that humanizes the victims.  The teacher has vast experience with teaching this to young people and the limits of what they can absorb during a short class. 

ONLY students with prior knowledge of WWII and the Holocaust should enroll in this class.  The minimum age will be adhered to strictly.