The+Big+Lie

1. From whose perspective is the story told? (A Jew? A Nazi? A survivor? A Righteous Gentile? A Descendant of a survivor?) What are the benefits of getting the story from this perspective? This story was told from the perspective of a Jewish survivor of the death camp Auschwitz. Getting this story from Isabella’s perspective because the reader is given access to a first hand account of what happened in death camps and how people managed to survive and how many were not so lucky. 2. What life lesson did you learn from the plot of this story? // What I learned from this book about the Holocaust is something that anyone reading any book about this era in Germany should learn from their respective reading. The fact that prejudice and hate can be so effective to a group, country, or individual. I learned how one person’s views can impact an entire country and even beyond that. //

3. What did you like most about this book? // I liked the fact that this book did cover just one family’s experience during the Holocaust, but at the same time many jewish families stories. //

4. How does this text relate, if at all, to // Parallel Journeys //? // The Big Lie related to the parallel journey’s on the Jewish side by explaining how a family could be torn apart // probably supplement this reading and correlation with parallel journey’s to contrast Heck’s story.

6. Would you recommend //by their search for ways to flee to a safe place and also by their deportation to concentration camps and lastly by death.//

5. How could you use this book to teach the Holocaust? I would use it because Isabella was fairly young when she was sent to Auschwitz and because of her age It would be easy to ask the question of what the students might have done if put in her position. I would this book to a friend? // I would recommend this book to a friend because it was both informative and easy to read and stay interested in. It gave a clear story about the Holocaust and covered many of the trials the Jews faced during this time in Germany. //