This is the cover of a children's book whose title translates to "Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on his Oath). This book is used by Teaching Tolerance with permission from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Remember, we talked about Antisemitism on day one of our Holocaust unit, and that it is a term which describes the hostility toward Jews as an ethnic or religious group, and is often accompanied by social, economic and political discrimination.
You also studied propaganda in your Holocaust web quests, and know that it is the deliberate spreading of ideas or information, true or untrue, with the purpose of manipulating public opinion to gain support for one's cause or to discourage support for another.
Some other terms of which you may need to be reminded are:
Discrimination: action based on prejudice or biased beliefs that results in unfair treatment of individuals or groups; unjust conditions in areas such as employment, housing and education.
Racism: A set of beliefs based on perceived "racial" superiority and inferiority
Stereotype: A simplistic, firmly held belief, often negative, about individual characteristics generalized to all people within that group. (Think back to our talks of stereotypes during our Outsiders unit...)
In the comments section, please answer the following questions:
1. What messages does this book cover send?
2. Why do you think it targets children?
3. This book was published in 1936. How does this timing coincide with the Holocaust? Why is that important?
*Photograph, definitions and questions taken from Teaching Tolerance, One Survivor Remembers Teacher's Guide.
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