Holocaust

1. Geller argues that each of us has a per­sonal responsibility to make the world a better place. Do you agree or disagree with her? Explain.

2. Use your local newspaper or the Internet to identify sto­ries in which individuals or organizations are acting on Geller’s admonition to make the world a better place by correcting in­justices. What types of injustices are being addressed? Do you think that the individ­uals involved are making a positive differ­ence in the world?

3. Geller talks about the insidious conse­quences of silence in the face of racism, prejudice, and discrimination against oth­ers. Have you ever remained silent in the presence of a person who made racist or prejudicial statements about another per­son based on her or his race, religion, eth­nicity, or gender? Do you see yourself as complicit in supporting racism and dis­crimination because of such silence? Explain.

4. Geller’s descriptions of the despicable treatment of Jews in the concentration camps of Germany during World War II are graphic, unsettling, and just plain frightening. Yet she remains optimistic about the possibility of managing the forces of evil that created the Holocaust. Do you think another holocaust could hap­pen? Why or why not?
   

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