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Sample
Use this photograph to walk your students through the photo analysis handout. Make them defend their
answers with what they see in the photo. Do not let them assume anything. Get a feel for their prior
knowledge.
1.
Explicit – What do they see?
a.
Try to avoid assigning meaning at this point. Just observe the photo.
2.
Implicit – What can they deduce is going on based on what they see?
a.
Again, tie it back to evidence in the photo.
3.
Important hints:
a.
Notice the SS officers in the back are clearly Nazis, but what about the guys in the front with guns?
b.
How might one know these are Jews without just guessing? Notice white arm band on woman in
the back?
About the photo:
Jews captured by SS and SD troops during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in
Warsaw, Poland, 1943. Yad Vashem Photo Archive
