CHRISTCHURCH: Resistance and Rebellion 2 August 2022, 6.30p

• Resistance – How did people resist the Nazi Regime?
• Rebellion – Fighting back against Nazi atrocities
• Righteousness – Helping your fellow person against Nazi persecution

Students will learn how Jews and Europeans fought against the onslaught of Nazi aggression and antisemitism from 1933 – 1945. From resistance movements such as the Jewish resistance groups or the Maquis; Warsaw Uprising against Nazi deportations; Righteous peoples that helped Jews escape Nazi terrorism like Kingdom of Denmark and Kingdom of Bulgaria as well as individuals such as Irena Sendler, Reverend Bruno Reynders, and Miep Gies.

Common misconceptions around the Holocaust include, but not limited, to the idea that there was no resistance against Nazi aggression. During this programme, students will be exposed to the different ways in which Jews and Europeans resisted and rebelled against the Nazis. Students will also learn about how nations worked to protect or shelter Jewish communities from the atrocities of the concentration and death camps. The goal of this programme is for students to learn how passive and active resistance helped serve to protect the communities targeted by the Nazi regime. Students learn that resistance came in many forms and the illusion of passivity was part of the myth spread by the Nazi regime.

Links to school curriculum

• Level 6 Social Studies: Understand how individuals, groups, and institutions work to promote social justice and human rights.
• Level 6 Social Studies: Understand how cultures adapt and change and that this has consequences for society.
• Level 6 History: Understand how the causes and consequences of past events that are of significance to New Zealanders shape the lives of people and society.
• Level 7 Social Studies: Understand how conflicts can arise from different cultural beliefs and ideas and be addressed in different ways with differing outcomes.
• Level 7 History: Understand how historical forces and movements have influenced the causes and consequences of events of significance to New Zealanders.
• Level 8 Social Studies: Understand how policy changes are influenced by and impact on the rights, roles, and responsibilities of individuals and communities.
• Level 8 Social Studies: Understand how ideologies shape society and that individuals and groups respond differently to these beliefs.
• Level 8 Geography: Understand how people’s diverse values and perceptions influence the environmental, social, and economic decisions and responses that they make.