Extremes of Hate:
Holocaust Studies & Critical Thinking Program

Program Brochure | Unit Summaries

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

• It CAN happen here
• Hate groups in America target our youth for recruiting
• It CAN be prevented

SV FACES presents a program for youth and adults as timely as today's headlines
about the timeless lessons of history.

• An effective program exceeding CA Board of Education requirements
• Self-contained units that complement your curriculum
• Riveting first-hand accounts of WWII Europe: students directly interact with our speakers
• Students investigate, analyze, discuss stereotypes and scapegoating throughout history
• Year-round support from the program coordinator

See the program brochure and the unit summaries for more detailed information.

We customize our many different programs to your needs. Below are some samples:

• The History of Antisemitism From the First Century to the “Final Solution”
  A Four-Five Session Inclusive Program Including a Session with Eyewitness Testimony
• The Kingdom of Night
  A Companion Presentation for Elie Wiesel’s Classic Story of His Time in the Death Camps
• Hate Groups in America Today:
  How They Spread and Recruit Young People
• The “Science of Race”: The Eugenics Movement
  The Rise of the Eugenics Movement in America and its Impact on European Jew-Hatred
• The United States and the Holocaust
  America’s Complex Role in the Events of the Holocaust
• America and the Struggle with Immigration and Race
  American Attitudes toward Race, Ethnicity and Immigration in the years leading to the Holocaust
• Stories of Rescue and Resistance
  Selected Program Offerings Profiles of Courage and Hope in the Darkness of the Holocaust

• SVCCJ-HolTeach - SV FACES Teachers Holocaust Discussion
  This group is for teachers who are using or considering using the Holocaust Studies and Critical Thinking resources from SV FACES
• SVCCJ-HolStud - SV FACES Students' Holocaust Discussion
  This group is for students' questions and discussion of issues raised in the Holocaust and Critical Thinking classes taught through the SV FACES.
• SVCCJ-HolVol - SV FACES Holocaust Volunteers
  This group is for volunteers who work in connection with the Holocaust and Critical Studies classes offered through the SV FACES.

• Educates about human rights abuses, past and present, and genocide by using the Holocaust as prime example.
• Demonstrates the deadly consequences of hatred backed by institutional and organized group power.
• Connects today's local youth to the range of survivors and rescuers right here in their own families and communities.
• Enables students to draw visceral connections between small daily acts around them, and the acts of mass murder and genocide these have led to in the past.
• Empowers students to recognize and resist the lure of propaganda and hate groups today.

A partnership between SV FACES and Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley Holocaust Survivor's Group Speakers Bureau brings survivor speakers to your classroom or school. These vibrant and engaging speakers are eager to share their stories with the next generation.

The Myra Reinhard Family Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley, the Jewish Community Endowment Holocaust Memorial/Education Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., and the David B. Gold Foundation.

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