As defined by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Holocaust Memorial Day is the international day on 27th January 2025 to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups.
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Pupils at Hartlepool School took some time out of the day to remember and for some learn about the Holocaust.
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Students watched a documentary, discussed details of the Holocaust and completed worksheets on this which in included topics on:
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-听听听听听听听 Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party
-听听听听听听听 The prejudice against the Jews
-听听听听听听听 The six extermination camps including Auschwitz and Birkenau
-听听听听听听听 The white rose movement
-听听听听听听听 The survivors of the Holocaust
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Pupils had mixed emotions when discussing the Holocaust and what they had learned here are some of our pupils鈥� thoughts -
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鈥淚ts very sad what happened, no one deserves this鈥�
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鈥淯nfair on Jewish people鈥�
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鈥淭he Holocaust was very wrong and all Jews should be treated the same as everyone else.鈥�
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鈥淚 think its very scary what happened.鈥�
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鈥淚 thought this was very interesting to learn about and I鈥檇 like to visit the camp here, I learnt a lot about the Holocaust鈥�
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