When learning about the Holocaust, many people ask how it could have possibly happened? This unit is designed to help students understand how it was orchestrated over time and to hear the voices of those who survived and bore witness. Major themes connected to the essential questions are inhumanity, survival, loss of faith, and fathers and sons. The unit includes: PowerPoint with embedded videos, timeline, minilessons Pre-reading close read and video on Anti-SemitismPre-reading on Elie Wiesel'