What is the primary source of the Holocaust?

Examples of useful primary sources for learning about the Holocaust include diaries, letters, concentration camp records, or other documents created by victims, survivors, or perpetrators before, during, or after World War II.

Who discovered the concentration camps?

In most of the camps discovered by the Soviets, almost all the prisoners had already been removed, leaving only a few thousand alive—7,000 inmates were found in Auschwitz, including 180 children who had been experimented on by doctors.

Why is listening to survivor stories important?

They are about growing awareness of the reality of another’s suffering. The outcome, in every case, is to enable us to gain respect for the other, as human beings, and as survivors of persecution, or exclusion, or difficulties of body or mind.

Why do we like survival stories?

It takes us away from comfort and into isolation and danger where life and death are squarely on our own shoulders. They also show us an alternative way of life. Look, you tell yourself, That family can survive, even thrive, in a two-room cabin they built themselves in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness.

What are some examples of a primary source?

Examples of primary sources: Theses, dissertations, scholarly journal articles (research based), some government reports, symposia and conference proceedings, original artwork, poems, photographs, speeches, letters, memos, personal narratives, diaries, interviews, autobiographies, and correspondence.

How do you use primary sources in research?

Use your primary sources as evidence for answering your research question and write based on those sources, rather than “plugging them in” after the fact to bolster your argument. In short, primary sources should drive the paper, not the other way around.

What are the 5 primary sources?

Examples of Primary Sources

• archives and manuscript material.
• photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, films.
• journals, letters and diaries.
• speeches.
• scrapbooks.
• published books, newspapers and magazine clippings published at the time.
• government publications.
• oral histories.