Facing History and Ourselves is a course devoted to teaching students the truth about history and ridding of any disbelief that the Holocaust was a myth. The course takes you deep inside the Holocaust and shows you real footage and theatrical versions of the horrors that occurred. It is more of an individual class because you are shown a video or do an activity and are left to think about it on your own. It teaches you to think as an individual and create your own opinion on the topics. The course is designed so that you learn about the economical, government, and social status Germany and the rest of the world are in so that you understand how the Holocaust came to happen. Once you have learned the background you then are shown how the Nazis went about killing and isolating the Jewish race. The movies you watch are graphic and disturbing which is why the class makes on imprint on you. The final movie you watch ties it all together and is by far the most disturbing movie you will watch because it takes you inside the camps with real footage. I think that it is necessary to take this course because it teaches you how any decision you make can affect someone and hopefully you change as a person. To take this course you must be ready to face the truth that lies within history and be able to understand the extremes to which the Holocaust was taken. I encourage all to take this course for it was a life changing course for me.
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