Chapter 13:
"A Bittersweet Ending"
Quotes from the film:
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Conversation Starters:
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In the film, Dr. Stephen Morewitz said:
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"A few individuals taking a risk can change history."
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What does he mean by that?
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Do you know of someone who has taken a risk and stood up for what's right?
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Have you ever taken a risk and stood up for something you knew was right?
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Name some upstanders in the film and why.
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In the film, Allan Harry Morewitz said:
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"We had the ability and the capacity to save them and we didn't."
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What could the United States have done differently to help refugees during WWII?
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What do you think the United States should do regarding refugees today?
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In the film, Irving Redel said:
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"We survived. 6 million didn't and that is a catastrophe."
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What did he mean by that?
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Are there examples of catastrophes happening today that the US could/should help?
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Define perpetrator, collaborator, bystander, upstander, and victim.
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How did each play a role in WWII?
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How does each play a role in a specific conflict today?
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Is a bystander less guilty than a perpetrator and a collaborator?
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Dig a little deeper...
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Why did the US wait until December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, to get involved in WWII?
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In 1940, what was the FDR administration's stance on Eastern European refugees trying to come into the country?
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Why was Assistant Secretary of State Breckenridge Long upset that Patrick Murphy Malin allowed the refugees on the SS Quanza to come ashore?
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First Lady Eleanor Rosevelt's intervention helped save these refugees.
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What role do you think a First Lady should play in our political system today?
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How did the SS Quanza affect the State Department's policies?
Dig even deeper...
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If they were sent back to Europe, how likely would they have ended up in a concentration camp?
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What other outcomes could have happened to the people on the ship?
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Personal connection...
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