Scholastic Update articles from April 1993

Scholastic Update archives from April 1993

The legacy of the holocaust. (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... This issue of UPDATE is about the power and importance of memory. We'll explain what we mean a little later. For now, look at the photo on the opposite page. It was taken during World War II-at Dachau, a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. It...

The "Final Solution." (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... This map shows how Nazi Germany organized its elaborate, continent-wide system for slaughtering Jews and other "enemies of the state." As you can see, by 1942, the Nazis ruled almost all of Europe, expanding way beyond the international borders...

Anatomy of the Holocaust. (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... In the Holocaust, the Nazis tried to kill every Jew in Europe--and nearly succeeded. How could it have happened? Here's how--step-by-step--from the first breach of civil rights to the gas chambers. The Holocaust didn't happen overnight....

Life in the darkness. (stories from survivors, a witness, a commandant and a rescuer in the Jewish Holocaust) (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... The Holocaust was a time when ordinary people had to make extraordinary choices--to flee, to fight, to survive at any cost. Here, seven people share their harrowing memories. Statistics do not begin to tell the story of the Holocaust. The...

Understanding the horror. (Jewish Holocaust) (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... Trying to understand the Holocaust can seem overwhelming. The event was so monumental that even experts are still debating basic questions such as why and how it occurred. To help you better understand the event, UPDATE asked noted Holocaust...

My father's shadow. (Peter Sussman's experiences in a Nazi concentration camp in the 1940s) (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... Dearest children... I am not reluctant to talk about my experiences; it is not too painful for me. It is, however, a very special memory, and I don't like to share it with people who are unwilling or unable to understand what I have to tell.......

Digging up the past. (Landsberg, Germany houses concentration camp cemeteries from the Jewish Holocaust) (Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all Jews during World War II)
April 2, 1993... The center of Landsberg, Germany--where Edith Raim grew up--looks looks like a fairytale village, with church steeples rising above sloping, red-tiled roofs. The river Lech winds through the city on its way from the Alps, passing through...

Life in the balance. (endangered wildlife)(includes related information) (Cover Story)
April 16, 1993... High amid the soaring fir trees of the Pacific Northwest lives a small creature which has come to symbolize one of the key questions facing humankind today: Do people have the right to destroy other living creatures in the name of economic...

The fight of their lives. (endangered wildlife) (Cover Story)
April 16, 1993... In a way, the problem is simple: The number of people in the world has increased five times since 1800, to about 5.3 billion. The size of the earth, however, is about the same. People are crowding the planet. As we expand, we burn forests,...

Clinton and the "Green Team." (environmental policy)
April 16, 1993... What's more important--saving the environment or saving jobs? President Bill Clinton got an earful from both sides of the issue when he traveled to Oregon earlier this month for the first "environmental summit" ever held by a U.S. President....

Where the buffalo roamed. (near extinction of the buffalo in the 1800s)
April 16, 1993... For centuries, great herds of buffalo roamed over North America. Then, in a frenzy of killing, white settlers nearly drove the animal into extinction. Texas Panhandle, 1872. At first light, buffalo hunter Billy Dixon steadies the long...

What a zoo! (Or whatever...).
April 16, 1993... Human beings have been putting animals in zoos for thousands of years. But many zoos mistreated wildlife and contributed to the endangerment of species. Now zoos are doing the ecologically right living, stressing conservation and education. ...

The bambi boom. (whitetail deer population explosion )
April 16, 1993... With its predators nearly gone, the whitetail deer has been multiplying in alarming numbers, threatening public safety and forcing towns to confront the animals head-on. The residents of Princeton, New Jersey, have long viewed their...

Are animals equal? (includes related information)
April 16, 1993... Animal-rights supporters say animals should have the same rights to life and liberty as human beings. But a lot of people disagree. The controversy is challenging some of our deepest-held moral beliefs and practices. On New Year's Day last...

The 4th annual Student Choice Awards. (includes related interview with Mark Curry)
April 16, 1993... Several months ago we asked you to give us the 411 (the lowdown), on who's hot in the news, TV, movies, and music The science you dropped was overwhelming: 30,000 responses later, you, the readers of Scholastic Scope, Update, Science World,...