This well-researched and balanced curriculum for high school students presents the Holocaust in light of the full history of Jewish-Christian relations and examines how the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish community has improved since the Second Vatican Council.

The Student Book contains readings, review questions, and exercises for each chapter. The thought-provoking exercises, which allow students to explore the complexity of the Holocaust as a historical event, challenge students to consider their own values and to discuss the ethical choices each person must make. Chapter readings include the following: The Complexity of the Holocaust; The Separation of Christianity from Judaism; The Portrayal of Jews in Early Christian Writings; Christianity’s Discrimination and Legislation against Jews; “Racial” Antisemitism and Pseudoscientific Racial Theories; The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany; Anti-Jewish Measures in Nazi Germany; The Nazis’ “Final Solution” for the Jewish Problem; Protectors and Rescuers; The Response of the American Government to the Holocaust; Responses of the Catholic Church to the Holocaust; Jewish-Catholic Relations since the Holocaust; and Lessons of the Holocaust. Materials are flexible and can be used as the basis for a semester or yearlong course on Jewish-Christian relations and the Holocaust.

Materials are highly adaptable and can be used in a cross-curricular manner among religion, literature, and social studies courses, opening the door to dialogue across the subject areas.

Student materials are not included in the Teacher Manual.