1. The Life of Victims
By: Michelle Zheng & Yaewon Ahn

2. Picture Response

3. The Holocaust
By: Claude Houghton
BEFORE men loosed these iron gods of strife,
Before the stars were from the darkness hurled,
I loved you in a flower-lit wonder-world,
I loved you, and through you I loved all life;
Then fell this dolorous night, unnatural, rife
With crimes unnumbered and black flag unfurled:
I lost you while the writhing phantoms curled
About each dream and slew each with a knife.
O when the day breaks and the shadows flee,
When life moves out of this red masque of death,
And all my soul breaks through her prison bars—
Then, my lost love, will you return to me,
Or will you sleep, all innocent of breath,
Beneath a canopy of alien stars?
Michelle: This poem is called “The Holocaust” and it was written by Claude Houghton. This poem
describes how one felt during the Holocaust. It is very sad and depressing. It expresses how cruel and
merciless the Holocaust was to Jews. The most moving line to me was “I lost you while the writhing
phantoms curled”. This line was really moving and it describes the Holocaust as phantoms. It really gave
me the image of how harsh and scary they were to her.
Yaewon: “The Holocaust” was written by Claude Houghton. It tells about how two people that loved each
other were separated because of the Holocaust. I felt really sad because they couldn’t be together. “I loved
you, and through you I loved all life” was my favorite line in this poem because it tells you how much they
loved each other. This poem made me dislike the Holocaust even more.
Poem Response

4. • She was born on February 15, 1909 in Vienna (Austria).
She moved to the Netherlands after World War I
(December 1920). In 1933, she started working with Otto
Frank’s company, Opekta. She helped Otto’s family go
into hiding. She brought them food and other supplies
they needed. After Anne’s family was arrested, Miep
hides Anne’s diary, and she gives it to Otto later.
Miep Gies

5. • Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929. Her father, Otto Frank,
served Germany in World War 1. He also owned a company that sold
pectin. They hid in the back of her father’s company on
Prinsengracht 263. Other families later joined them (the van Pels
and Pfeffer). Anne constantly wrote in her diary, Kitty, that was
given to her on her 13th birthday. This diary later was published by
her father. Two years after they’ve been hiding in the Secret Annex,
somebody betrayed them and they were arrested. They were sent
to Auschwitz where mother died, but Margot and Anne were later
taken to Bergen-Belsen. She died there at age 15, weeks before the
people were released from the camp. Anne Frank’s diary became
famous and over 30 million copies were made. It was also translated
in 67 different languages. Otto Frank published her diary to fulfill his
daughter’s wish and to let the whole world know what happened.
He hopes that this will get people to work for unity and peace.
Anne Frank

6. • Genocide: Mass murder of partial or entire execution of
people.
• Examples:
1. The Armenian Genocide:1895, 100,000-200,000
Armenians killed, also many were forcibly converted to
Islam.
2. The Cambodian Genocide: 1975-1979, about 1.7 million
people lost their lives (21% of the country's population)
What is Genocide

7. • "Anne Frank." Anne Frank. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2014.
• "Anne Frank Museum Amsterdam - the Official Anne
Frank House Website." Anne Frank. N.p., n.d. Web. 03
Mar. 2014.
• "Auschwitz After 65 Years - Photo Essays." Time. Time
Inc., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
• Houghton, Claude. "The Holocaust." The Phantom Ghost,
and Other Verses. Claude Houghton. Elkin Mathews,
1917. 15. LitFinder for Schools. Web. 4 Mar. 2014.
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