A Guide to Primary Resources for U.S. History : NOVA: Holocaust on Trial Public Broadcasting System: "Holocaust on Trial" This project website presents the companion website of the 2001 NOVA broadcast, "Holocaust on Trial," which documented Nazi abuses in order to examine and successfully challenge the notion of Holocaust denial. Teachers should be advised that some of this material may not be suitable for classroom viewing. (Secondary source material with hyperlinks to primary source items). The teacher, after introducing the premise of the documentary and the idea of Holocaust denial, can show the video clip (located in "The Director's Story" section of the site). After the students get a sense of Holocaust denial from the clip, the class can discuss or respond to the following prompts: a) Have you heard of the idea of Holocaust denial before? b) What do you think are David Irving's motives in denying the Holocaust? c) Why do you think this case is significant? On the site, there is a section entitled "Results of Death Camp Experiments: Should they be used?" The students can work on this interactive site, which takes them through the two opposing arguments on the matter. The exercise involves the students being asked eight times: Do you think the results from the death camp experiments should be used? After each answer, the computer presents the counter-argument. It offers the students the chance to explore an ethical question and come to their own conclusion on a matter that does not have a right or wrong answer. Warning- the material is not appropriate for all students, only those with a mature understanding of the subject matter.

(e) analyzing the Holocaust (Hitler's "final solution"), its impact on Jews and other groups, and postwar trials of war criminals.

Holocaust on Trial
PBS: NOVA Online

Description: This project website presents the companion website of the 2001 NOVA broadcast, "Holocaust on Trial," which documented Nazi abuses in order to examine and successfully challenge the notion of Holocaust denial. Teachers should be advised that some of this material may not be suitable for classroom viewing. (Secondary source material with hyperlinks to primary source items).

Teaching Tips:

"Do Now" Suggestion

The teacher, after introducing the premise of the documentary and the idea of Holocaust denial, can show the video clip (located in "The Director's Story" section of the site). After the students get a sense of Holocaust denial from the clip, the class can discuss or respond to the following prompts: a) Have you heard of the idea of Holocaust denial before? b) What do you think are David Irving's motives in denying the Holocaust? c) Why do you think this case is significant?

Suggestion for Using this Resource as Part of a Lesson

On the site, there is a section entitled "Results of Death Camp Experiments: Should they be used?" The students can work on this interactive site, which takes them through the two opposing arguments on the matter. The exercise involves the students being asked eight times: Do you think the results from the death camp experiments should be used? After each answer, the computer presents the counter-argument. It offers the students the chance to explore an ethical question and come to their own conclusion on a matter that does not have a right or wrong answer. Warning- the material is not appropriate for all students, only those with a mature understanding of the subject matter.