Discussion Questions for THIN EDGE OF THE WEDGE

Questions from the present:

 

A. When you see the graffiti of a Nazi swastika, do you know what this symbol represents? How do you think it makes people feel who have been subjected to antisemitism and hate? What does displaying this symbol say about our classroom, our school and our society as a whole?

B. Do you read/hear the news of antisemitic and racist acts against people and property and only think “That’s too bad” without doing anything against these acts?

C. Do you think — if the attacks are not against your ethnicity or gender identification — that you are safe? (Remember the quote attributed to German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.”)

D. Do you think that one person cannot make a difference? Can you think of an example from your own life where one person made a difference?

Additional questions from the historical past