kinder transport context Flashcards
how many children left Germany nine months before the war?
10,000
in Germany there was a rise of _______
Fascism
what is Fascism?
far-right; authoritarian; dictatorship movement
the “_______ ___” was a 2000s film of a ___ migration which gave a full picture of Jewry despite being ___________ propaganda
Eternal Jew; rat; Antisemitic
what is the origin of the Ratcatcher story?
Pied piper of Hamelin ~ 1284
how many children did the piper take and where did he take them?
130 into a cave
why is the mayor refusing to pay the piper relevant to Kindertransport?
the mayor was ungrateful for the help; Eva was ungrateful for surviving
Diane Samuels Introduction ~ “________ to deal with the _____ of ________”
struggle; guilt; survival
Diane Samuels Introduction ~ “the feeling she felt most strongly towards her ____ parents was ____ at their ___________ of her , even though that _____________ had ______ her life”
dead; rage; abandonment; abandonment; saved
Background to the Kindertransport ~ “increasingly _________ Jews from public ____”
excluded; life
Background to the Kindertransport ~ “all Jewish _________ were marked with the letter _”
passports; J
what is a pogrom?
an organised massacre of a particular ethnic group
what was Kristallnacht?
“night of broken glass”
november pogrom against jews organised by nazis
Jews were known as “the __________ race”
despised
“Germans had _________ them of __________”
stripped; everything
what were the assigned girl and boy names for the Jewish children?
Sarah and Jacob
Jews were a “society terrorised by a ___-_____ state ___________”
one-party; machinery
the Holocaust was the “robbing of the ___________’s __________”
individuals humanity
Jewish children found their “parents had been greatly ________ by their ___________” but they themselves had been “_______ beyond ____________”
changed; experiences; changed; recognition
“_____ robbed us of the _________ we might otherwise have had in ____ ______”
fate; pleasure; each other
the Kindertransport was a “_________ ____________ from a family that for most children would last ________”
temporary; separation; forever
“ __________ world of not __________ where he or she ____________”
“all their ________”
twilight; knowing; belonged
lives
“I don’t want to be ____________ from _____ English people”
different; real
what is Sheol?
jewish version of afterlife; still darkness after death; subterranean underworld
who created the idea of the “shadow”
Carl Jung ~ Jungian
the shadow described as “aspects of ___________ we ______ to _______ and ________” “into the _____________ ______”
personality; choose; reject; repress
unconscious; psyche
Jungian Shadow ~ “to become ________ of it involves _____________ the dark aspects of the personality as _______ and ____”
conscious; recognising; present; real
what are examples of shadow aspects that link to Evelyn? (3)
irrational wishes; fears; immoral urges
what style of theatre is the play?
expressionist
expressionism is the uncovering of intense ___________ and the failure of ___________ systems
emotions; societal
how does Samuels use myth
expressionist device to shadow the kindertransport (children to death or exile)
what theatrical device relates to the rejection of realism?
short’s scale of realism
what is expressionist about the male characters?
they are unnamed members of officialdom to reflect female experience (Eva’s feelings about a parentless, friendless world)
how did german officers treat the jewish children?
humiliate them
terrify them
take their valuables
Who spoke about inherited fear?
Dr Besel Van der Colk
which part of the brain is most primitive and always alert for trauma survivors?
the ‘cockroach’
what was found in the babies of women pregnant during 911?
low cortisol
what are epigenetics?
behavior and environment changing how genes work
how can fear be inherited?
proteins bind to DNA which make trauma related substances which flow in the bloodstream, to all organs, can be passed on
Sheol is also seen as a place of ___________
waiting
where would a Jewish person’s soul be taken if they were to be purified?
Gan Eden
where would a Jewish person’s soul be taken if they were to be punished?
Ghenna
