Table of Contents

1. Beba Epstein

MAPS

Vilna in 1922
Vilnius today

ARTIFACTS

Autobiography of Beba Epstein

2. Family History

MAPS

The Pale of Settlement
Jewish Population in 1897
Poland and the Soviet Union

ARTIFACTS

ANIMATIONS

Maternal Grandparents
Paternal Grandparents
Parents
Siblings

CONTENT BOXES

Maternal Grandparents Historical Information
Paternal Grandparents Historical Information
Parents Historical Information
Siblings Historical Information

3. Summers

ARTIFACTS

HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS

Drosknik
Tricity
Otvosk
Krenitz
Zakopona

SUMMER ACTIVITES

Yelling
Running
Swimming

4. Primary School

MAPS

Polish-Jewish population in the 1930s

ARTIFACTS

SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS

Sholem Aleichem School
Kobrin Folkshule
Tarbut
D. Kuperstein School
TSYSHO in Ozmania
Sofia Gurevitch (Beba Epstein)

BOOK READINGS

Dr. Ow it Hurts, by Kornei Chukovsky
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
Three Bears, by Lev Tolstoy
Yingl Tsingl Khvat, by Mani Leib Illustrated by El Lissitzky

5. Jewish Vilna

ARTIFACTS

EXPLORE VILNA:
AROUND HALLE TARGOWE – MARKET HALLS

CONTENT BOXES

Halle Targowe – Market Halls
Hamantaschen recipe
Kosher Shops
Jewish Craft Workers
Jewish Traders and Merchants
Banking and Finance
Zavl Synagogue

EXPLORE VILNA:
GREAT SYNAGOGUE AND STRASHUN LIBRARY

CONTENT BOXES

Great Synagogue
Strashun Library
Shulhoyf

EXPLORE VILNA:
AROUND THE YIVO BUILDING AREA

CONTENT BOXES

Dr. Tsemah Szabad’s Office
YIVO | Yiddish Scientific Institute

EXPLORE VILNA:
AROUND BEBA’S PRIMARY SCHOOL

CONTENT BOXES

Sofia Gurevitch
Cinema

EXPLORE VILNA:
AROUND BEBA’S HIGH SCHOOL

CONTENT BOXES

Real Gymnasia
Are they Jewish?
Are they Jewish?

EXPLORE VILNA:
AROUND BEBA’S HOME

CONTENT BOXES

Beba’s Home

EXPLORE VILNA:
STEFAN BATORY UNIVERSITY

CONTENT BOXES

Stefan Batory Univeristy

EXPLORE VILNA:
THE ZAKRĘT AREA

CONTENT BOXES

Zakręt

6. Summer Camps

MAPS

Jewish Summer Camps in Poland, 1930s

ARTIFACTS

SUMMER CAMPS – COMICS

Medem Sanatorium
SKIF and Tsukunft
TOZ/OZE
CENTOS
Yehudia
Vilna Jewish Teachers’ Seminary Summer Camp

7. The World

ARTIFACTS

WORLD CONTEXT

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Dominican Republic
France
Germany
Mexico
Palestine
Poland
South Africa
Soviet Union
United States

8. World War II

MAPS

East Europe’s Jewish Population, 1933
East Europe’s Jewish Population, 1950

ARTIFACTS

PART I

A new country and turbulent events

CONTENT BOXES

World War II Context
The political situation of Poland

PART II

They arrive, along with terror and suffering

CONTENT BOXES

The German Goals
The Ghettos
The ideal Aryan
Jewish resistance

PART III

Konzentrationslager

CONTENT BOXES

Perpetrators, Collaborators, Bystanders, Rescuers
The “Final Solution”
Medical experiments
Profiting from murder
The world knew

PART IV

The end (or is it?)

CONTENT BOXES

The final moments
Poland after World War II
Names of genocide

9. Immigration

MAPS

Jewish Immigration after World War II

ARTIFACTS

DETECTIVE GAMES

Part I: After the war
Part II: Applying for a visa
Part III: Visa results
Part IV: Final decision

10. Life in the USA

MAPS

Beba’s path in North America
Jewish population in the United States and Mexico, 2019

ARTIFACTS

Teaching Resources

TEACHER GUIDES

BEBA EPSTEIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ARTIFACTS SPREADSHEETS

NOTEBOOKS CHAPTER 4 IN .PDF FORMAT