ATTACHMENT B RTC DANIELS STORY ANIMATED VIDEO SCRIPT.pdf

Remember the Children Script, updated 4/12/2024

SECTION 1

Title Panel Remember the Children Daniel’s Story

Intro Panel This is the story of a boy named Daniel and how he survived the Holocaust.

It is based on the stories of children who experienced the Holocaust in Germany, the Lodz Ghetto, and the concentration camp at Auschwitz.

SECTION 2 Introduction Video Script My name is Daniel. This is the story of when I was a boy in Germany. It is the story of millions of kids, and grown-ups, too. Most of all, it is the story of my family—father, mother, my sister Erika, and me. People in our town respected my father. He was a soldier in the first World War, and got a medal for bravery. One birthday, he gave it to me, and I was very proud. I also got a bike, a soccer ball, and a diary to write in. Those were happy times.

When I was eleven, things began to change in our town. A group of people called Nazis took over Germany. They were trying to rule the world. They hated anyone who wasn’t just like them and that meant us because we were Jewish. They attacked our family’s store and wouldn’t let people shop there. The Jewish kids couldn’t go to public school anymore. They even kicked us out of the swimming pool. Our synagogue was burned down. My father cried. I never thought I would see anything like that. The Nazis made us wear yellow stars. “JEW” was printed on them, in big black letters. Have you ever been punished for something you didn’t do? We were. The Nazis sent us far away from home to a ghetto, a crowded and dirty place. My family lived together in one small room. We were trapped. There were rules about everything.

We thought it couldn’t get worse than the ghetto But it did. The Nazis forced us to go to a concentration camp, an awful place with barbed wire and guards, and hardly any food.

People were always sick. Mother and Erika were separated from my father and me in the camp. I missed them. We found out later that they were murdered. Many other people died there, too. Sometimes I thought I’d be killed. But I wasn’t. Read my diary and see how I survived.

Visit my house in Germany, go to the ghetto, and the concentration camp. And remember my story.

Gallery Guide

Daniel’s Story This is a story about a boy named Daniel.

Visit Daniel’s house where he lived with his family Walk along a street in his town, after the Nazis came to power.

Daniel was sent away to a ghetto. See how hard his life was.

See how Daniel survived after he was sent to a concentration camp.

At the end, you can think about your feelings and write down your thoughts.

Sign To Daniel’s House

SECTION 3 Daniel’s House Gallery Guide Daniel’s House This was a modern house for the 1930s, and Daniel had his own bedroom.

Peek into the kitchen.

See where Daniel and Erika kept their sports things.

Look in the cabinet where mother kept the candlesticks.

Visit Daniel’s bedroom.

Look through Daniel’s diary, on his desk.

Kitchen

Diary Entry Dear Diary, I do great things with my family. I help my mother and Erika make cookies and cakes. I get to lick the bowl.

Erika puts her name on her cookies. What a mess! Mother and I just laugh and laugh.

—Daniel

Sign Look in the cookie box.

Sport Closet

Sign

Daniel’s shelf

Erika’s shelf

Picture caption Erika at School

Picture caption Playing Soccer

Picture caption Daniel at Synagogue

Our Family

Picture caption Daniel’s Teammates

Sport Closet

Father, Mother, and Erika

Diary Entry Dear Diary, On Friday evening, we have the best meal of the week. My mother and Erika light the Sabbath candles.

My father says the blessing over the wine. I get to drink some.

—Daniel

Daniel’s Room

Sign Daniel’s Room

Diary Fragment Dear Diary, My father and mother bought me my own suitcase. Now when we go on vacation, I don’t have to share with Erika.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, For my birthday, I got a two wheel bike, a soccer ball, and this diary. I want to write in it every day.

I better keep it in my bedroom, where my nosey sister Erika can’t find it. She’s okay, I guess, but she always wants to play with my stuff.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, This is my family—my mother, my father, and Erika. We live in a town in Germany.

[Illustration] —Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Sports are the best! My friends and I play soccer and I’m on the swimming team at school. I write stories and paint pictures to go with them.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, My father defended our country in World War 1. People respect him because he was in the war.

I have the medal he got for bravery. Sometimes I put it on and pretend I’m him. I keep it in a special place in my closet.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, There are lots of kids in our neighborhood. We always play games outside after school.

—Daniel

Photo inset in window

Illustration Homemade map of pre-war Europe

Diary Fragment Push the button to see Germany light up

Diary Entry Dear Diary, My father helps me set up my train on the floor. We pretend we’re traveling all over the world.

—Daniel [Illustration: globe]

SECTION 4 Hallway at Night Diary Entry January 20, 1933 Dear Diary, Things are beginning to change. The Nazis are taking over more and more. Many people are following their ways.

Now some of my friends won’t play with me because I’m Jewish. I feel awful.

—Daniel

Gallery Guide Scary Changes Many things were changing in Daniel’s life.

The Nazis were taking over.

See what happened in Daniel’s school.

Find out what happened to his family’s store.

Look for the brick that was thrown through the window.

Diary Fragment + Photo I liked working in our store after school. Slide this window up to see how things changed.

Diary Fragment + photo under window Now I’m scared to go there. Signs say, “Don’t Buy from Jewish Stores.” The Nazis painted JEW on our windows.

Diary Fragment + Photo I liked my school and most of my classmates. Slide this window up to see how things changed.

Diary Fragment + photo under window Now I feel so bad in school. Even the teacher makes fun of me because I’m Jewish.

Diary Fragment + Photo Swimming is my favorite sport. Slide this window up to see how things changed.

Diary Fragment + photo under window They kicked us out of the pool. A sign said NO JEWS ALLOWED. They said I could never swim there again.

My mother and father always seem so worried. Every day, there are new laws against us.

I can’t go to the movies or buy cakes at the bakery.

We can’t do anything.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Erika and her friend went to the ice skating rink. A large sign said JEWS AND DOGS

NOT PERMITTED.

—Daniel

Diary Entry July 22, 1938 Dear Diary, Everyone must carry identity cards that are like passports. Our I.D. cards have a big “J” on them because we’re Jewish.

They’ve even changed our names! Erika and my mother must add “Sarah” to theirs. My father and I must add “Israel.”

I’ve never had a middle name. And I don’t want one now!

—Daniel

Radio Broadcast Script Munich, Germany September 29, 1938

Attention! Attention! We are broadcasting from the capital of the Nazi movement. In a speech today, Nazi leaders said, and we quote, “our party fights the Jewish element and insists upon its removal inside and outside Germany. The Jews must be driven out! In this new Germany, there will never be dissension between the leader and the people, because the leader and the people are of the same flesh and blood.”

Here in Berlin…

Diary Fragment Erika has to carry this card wherever she goes.

November 10, 1938 Dear Diary, Last night they burned our synagogue. The sky was red for hours. German firemen and Nazis just stood around watching.

It was the first time I ever saw my father cry. It scared me to see father like that.

—Daniel

Photo inset in window

SECTION 5 German Street Gallery Guide Daniel’s Town You are walking on a street in Daniel’s town.

Daniel no longer was safe on the street.

Notice how the park changed.

Look for his family’s store.

Look for the Yellow Star he had to wear on his jacket.

Sign Germany 1938

Sign No Jews Allowed

Diary Entry Dear Diary, We can’t go into the park anymore. Or sit on some of the benches. I used to play soccer there with my friends.

Now there are so many things we can’t do.

Yellow park bench, labeled Only for Jews!

Sign/Poster Doctor of Medicine Can Only Treat Jews [with Star of David]

Graffiti Jew [with Star of David]

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Last night I heard the sounds of breaking glass. Every synagogue, home, and store were smashed.

They even wrecked our doctor’s office.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Stores owned by non-Jewish families are open, but we can’t shop in them. We can only buy at stores for Jews and only at certain times.

My mother must use special coupons to buy our food. But there is nothing good to buy.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, They ruined our store! Nothing is safe for us anymore. Everything is gone—my school, our home, our store, our happy life.

What will happen to us?

—Daniel

Deportation

Poster

ORDERS FOR THE YELLOW STAR

1.) Cut the star the size of your hand.

2.) Color it YELLOW.

3.) Outline it in BLACK.

4.) Write JEW in black letters.

5.) Sew it lightly to your clothes on the left side.

JEWS ARE FORBIDDEN to appear in public without the Yellow Star.

September 17, 1941

A new law says we must sew a Yellow Star on our clothes, to show who we are. I don’t want to wear it!

Daniel

[separate label] Slide this to see the star.

Diary Fragment They made me wear it! Why me?

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Father and I used to play games with my train. Well, this is not a game! We are really being sent away.

I thought I would love to take a trip. Now, I don’t want to leave home.

—Daniel

Suitcase Tags

DA 112/104

Daniel

DA 112/103

Mother

DA 112/102

Father

DA 112/109

Peter

DA 112/136

Joseph

DA 113/141

Han

DA 112/105

Erika

Look inside Erika’s suitcase.

October 15, 1941

My mother says we must hurry with our suitcases. We are being sent to a ghetto far away.

I wonder what a ghetto is?

My father says thousands of Jews are being sent away. Erika is crying.

Will we ever see home again?

—Daniel

Ghetto: Fenced Transition

Sign Ghetto 1941

Gallery Guide Sent Away Daniel and his family were sent far away to a ghetto.

Notice how different it was from Daniel’s town. There were no schools and no synagogues. There were fences around the whole ghetto.

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Awful things have happened since I last wrote. We’re in a ghetto. It’s a terrible place with fences all around. We can’t get out.

I don’t want to be locked inside a fence like an animal. I want to smell fresh air and run as far as I can.

—Daniel

SECTION 6 Ghetto Market Sign Mailbox for Jews

Sign

GHETTO RULES

— Do Not Stop Near The Fence

— No Talking At Work

— No One Allowed On The Streets After Dark

— Salute German Officials: Take Off Your Cap and Bow Your Head

— No Jewelry Allowed: Give All Jewelry To The Police

I feel cut off from the world. There are no telephones here. There are even rules about mail. I can only send letters to friends back home on certain days.

Do they ever get my letters?

—Daniel

Sign Rusted tray with lettering Turnips for Sale

Sign Enameled pan lid with letteringWood for the Stove

Sign

JEWS FORBIDDEN

Ghetto Hall

Diary Entry Dear Diary, I wait for letters from friends. They are bits of hope from the world outside the ghetto. I read them over and over. I even share them with Erika.

—Daniel

Postcard Dear Uncle, I hope you are well. Father, Mother and Erika send their love. Please send us a food package if you can.

—Your nephew, Daniel

Postcard Dear Daniel, We can’t stop thinking of you. It’s possible that we will also have to leave our home. We expect this any day. Your Aunt and cousin send love.

—Your Uncle

Photo

Gallery Guide Ghetto Room This is where Daniel and his family lived.

See how different it was from his home in Germany.

Many families lived in this building.

Read a postcard Daniel got in the mail.

Look for Daniel and Erika’s secret hiding place.

Can you find where Daniel kept his father’s medal?

SECTION 7 Ghetto Room Graffiti Kalendar 1942, marked with Mother’s Birthday Daniel Reports to Work at the Metal Shop Work Days (with X)

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Erika sneaks scraps from her work at the sewing factory. I worry that she might get caught. She’s making a surprise for mother’s birthday.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, Erika is growing up. Now she hides behind the sheet so nobody can see her get dressed.

—Daniel

Diary Entry September 8, 1942 Dear Diary, Because Father was once a soldier and got a medal for bravery, we haven’t been forced to leave the ghetto.

Some of my friends went to a place called a concentration camp. I’m not sure what that

is. But people say it’s worse than a prison.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, This is our secret hiding place! We hide a radio in here. It’s very dangerous. But, it is the only way to get news of the war from outside the ghetto. Can you imagine my father crawling in to listen?

—Daniel

Diary Fragment Dear Diary, I work in the metal shop with machines. Erika works at the sewing factory. Everyone has to work here, even the kids.

—Daniel

Photo

Diary Fragment Dear Diary, We work all the time. Even Erika. We have no choice! We can’t even go to school.. We all work and earn nothing!

Dear Diary, We are always hungry. Even the bread here tastes like cardboard!

The rules change. We never know if we’ll have enough food to keep us alive. Most of the time, our family can only have about one loaf of bread a week.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, I can’t write everyday because I have to work all the time. Sometimes I feel brave, like when I sneak some coal or wood for our stove. I know stealing is wrong, but we’re freezing.

Nothing makes sense anymore.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, I remember that it’s the school vacation in the “outside” world. Many people here don’t want to remember anything from before. It makes them so unhappy. I want to remember how it used to be. I tell Erika about when we were little.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, This place is awful, but my mother makes the best of it. She works in the bakery and brings us extra bread!

She tries to make this room feel like home. Even so, we all hate it.

—Daniel

Diary Entry December 1, 1942

It’s so crowded in here with my family! It’s our kitchen and bedroom and bathroom all in one.

A pot of water with one turnip is cooking on the stove.

Turnips.

It’s all we get.

They stink.

—Daniel

Diary Entry Dear Diary, My worst fear has come true. They are taking us away.

—Daniel

SECTION 8 Transit to Camp Diary Entry August 15, 1944 Dear Diary, I see men, women, children, and babies being forced into trains. Now, I know the end of the ride is a concentration camp.

—Daniel

Gallery Guide Concentration Camp Daniel and his family were sent to a concentration camp.

They were jammed into a crowded train.

Listen to Daniel tell you about the camp and how he survived.

Look for his father’s medal and Daniel’s diary.

SECTION 9 Camp Diary Entry August 15, 1944 Dear Diary, I see men, women, children, and babies being forced into trains. Now, I know the end of the ride is a concentration camp.

—Daniel

Video Script The concentration camp was a horrible, horrible place. Now I am free and so is my father.

In the camp, I was always terrified. When we first got off the trains, the Nazi guards pushed us into lines. They took all our bags away. I had to give up my diary, my family photos, and my father’s medal. My mother and Erika were separated from us. We never saw them again. The Nazis killed them both. They took everything I loved away from me.

They shaved my head, and when I saw my reflection in a puddle, I didn’t recognize myself. They gave me a number instead of my name. I worked like a slave. Father got sick and tried to help him by giving him bits of my moldy bread. I was always hungry and cold. I shared a bunk with eight men. Every day I saw more people dying. I couldn’t sleep at night so I kept my diary alive in my head. I remember every terrible thing that happened there. And, I remember my mother and Erika. I still miss them so much.

Over one and a half million kids died. That’s like a whole school disappearing every day for eight years. Millions of grownups died, too. People like you and me. That’s why we call it the Holocaust. I never saw my diary again, but I still write and I remember.

Remember my story. Remember the children.

SECTION 10 Afterwards Gallery Guide Things to Remember Find out about Daniel’s Story and the Holocaust.

Listen with the earphones.

Ask questions.

Look at the pictures.

Remember what you’ve seen in the exhibition.

Audio Script Do you remember what happened to Daniel?

He survived the concentration camp. He was liberated by the American Army. After he was free, he found his father.

Audio Script Do you remember what happened to Daniel’s father?

He survived the concentration camp. He found Daniel. And they were together again.

Audio Script Do you remember what happened to Daniel’s mother and Erika?

They were murdered in a concentration camp.

Audio Script Who were the Nazis?

A political party in Germany led by Adolf Hitler that took over the government in 1933.

Hitler became a dictator and his followers ruled everything. They started a war. The United States of America and other countries defeated Germany in World War II.

Audio Script What was the Holocaust?

The planned murder of European Jews, Gypsies, and other people, before and during World War II. About one and a half million children were killed during the Holocaust.

Gallery Guide Things to Do Remember what happened to Daniel and to millions of other children.

Think about your feelings.

Write down your thoughts.

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