ABSTRACT
Special note: This is perhaps the most difficult area of work to bring into the realm of drama. The human action at the heart of the subject is so stark and so potentially devastating that the question arises as to whether it is an appropriate subject for children. Of course, this is a question you will need to answer for yourself. For me, it is a subject that cannot be ignored, but one that needs to be handled with all the sensitivity the drama form can muster. The question is not whether this is an appropriate subject for study, but how we can find an appropriate way of approaching it. (JD)
You will need:
Period, ‘Germanic’ music
A camera with a flash
Copies of the Nuremberg Laws (p. 123–124)
A set of simple armbands (these could be just strips of cloth or ribbon)
A PowerPoint slideshow of photos from Germany under the Nazis and the situation for Jewish people (optional)
A long coat for the leader and an army jacket and wooden rifle shape for the soldier (both highly useful but not essential)
A photograph of a uniformed World War II German soldier (found on-line)
A tailor’s dummy (again optional)
An old battered suitcase
A photo of a pile of suitcases at a concentration camp (again, easily recovered from the internet).
