A Kapo in Auschwitz

You have been designated as a kapo in Auschwitz, a leader of a work crew of prisoners.

You have not given up hope and are determined to resist this horror. You try and organize a plan to take pictures of the atrocities occurring within the camp and send them away to alert others to this tragedy. You also try to be subversive in any manner possible. However, you must b extremely cautious not to be caught by any of the Nazi SS guards as they will kill you immediately should they find out. Investigate the websites below and answer the questions that follow in your journal response.

http://english.gfh.org.il/uprising_in_the_death_camps_-_articel_part_2.htm

http://www.spectacle.org/695/resist.html

http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1998-no-frames/resistance.htm

Questions/Issues:

*Who will you ask to join your resistance movement? How do you know you can trust them?

* How do you avoid being caught?

*What is your plan of action?

*What is your purpose and mission in life?

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