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Heart from Auschwitz

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Ideal for classroom use with Grades 6-8.

The Heart from Auschwitz presents the historical context in which the Heart was created, focusing on spiritual resistance during the Holocaust. While she was a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp, Fania received a heart-shaped card. Zlatka, risked her life to make it. This project concludes on a positive note as students make their own heart and give it to someone.

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