Martinez, Aubrey

Mr. Wisner

World History

3rd Period

September 1, 2016

Art from the Holocaust: The stories behind the Images

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160203-art-from-the-holocaust-the-stories-behind-the-image
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Key Vocabulary from the Article (Define at least 4).

o Winnowed- To remove from a larger group or list.

o Ominous- Suggesting that something bad might happen in the future

o Motif- something that is repeated throughout a book, story, etc.

o Depicts- To show something in a picture, photograph, etc.

Summary of the Event (at least 3 major points; each point will have its own paragraph)

A. One important point in my article is a description of one of the paintings. The painting is
The Refugee It was painted by Felix Nussbaum in 1939. This painting is important because it
shows how you basically have to go into hiding when you are Jewish. In the painting the guy
was arrested then went into hiding, in the picture he might be thinking what am i going to do.
B. The description of the painting The Arrival is important point in the article. The painting
itself looks really cruel and unpleasant. In the painting it looks like they are walking in a dark
forest and they look all squished together. This is important because it demonstrates how poorly
they treated the Jewish.
C. One Spring is a good art piece for this topic. It is showing that a person should have hope
for when they get out of the camps. In the painting there is a picture of a bright yellow butterfly
on the other side of the fence. Which is showing that if they have hope everything will work out
in the end.
Your Opinion of the Event (at least 3 sentences).
My opinion on the event is it opened up a new perspective for me. The reason I say that is
because before I say this I didn't really know what it was like at the camps. Now I know that the
way they treated them was unfair and was basically un human like.
Relate your Event to a Historical Event (compare and contrast with current event).

This article relates to the holocaust. It relates because it is basically describing the holocaust. It
describes it with good detail and good understanding of what was really being done.

your Event to the a Theme (at least 3 sentences). SEE BACK FOR THEMES
Relate

This topic goes the the Cultural Interaction theme. It relates to this theme because it is
describing the art over the Holocaust. It deals with culture too because it is listing the how there
culture was.
Questions You Have About the Event (4).

How did they know how it was getting to the camps?

What made them paint a yellow butterfly to resemble hope?
How did they know what the room looked like?
How did they know how to detail the pictures.?
THEMES:

1.Cultural Interaction 2.Political Structures

o Religions o State-building, expansion, and conflict

o Belief systems, o Empires

philosophies, and ideologies

o Science and o Nations and nationalism

technology

o The arts and o Revolts and revolutions

architecture

3.Economic Structures 4.Social Structures

o Agricultural and o Gender roles and relations

pastoral production

o Trade and commerce o Family and kinship

o Labor systems o Racial and ethnic constructions

o Industrialization o Social and economic classes

o Economic theories
5.Human-Environment
Interaction

o Disease

o Migration & patterns of

settlement

o Population growth

o Technology

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