How to make the material new, interesting, intellectually engaging and emotionally affecting? The author suggest the following subdivisions: the Holocaust as narrative; The setting, when and where; World War II; What did they carry?; Themes; Protagonists - who were the people involved?; Students' cognitive and affective development. The new curricular design acknowledges students' cognitive and emotional needs and abilities as well as teachers' limitations in their lack of familiarity with the detailed history of this major tragedy