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Holocaust Websearch

STEP 1: Go to the site for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, by entering www.ushmm.org into the navigation bar. STEP 2: Click on “Introduction to the Holocaust”- located on the left, under the heading: HISTORY. YOU’LL SEE A PICTURE OF THREE JEWISH CHILDREN AND THEIR BABYSITTER. READ THE TEXT BELOW THE PICTURE TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1) During the Holocaust, how many Jews were murdered? ___________________

2) What does the word “holocaust” actually mean? _________________________

3) What was the “Final Solution”? ___________________________________________________________________

4) What was the “Euthanasia Program”? ______________________________________________________________

5) How many Soviet prisoners of war were murdered, or died from starvation, disease, neglect, or maltreatment?

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6) What were “death marches”? ____________________________________________________________________

7) When did the Germans surrender to the Allies? __________________________

FIND THE PICTURE BELOW AND CLICK ON IT. YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO READ SEVERAL PERSONAL STORIES, BY CLICKING ON THE PHOTOS OF VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS.

GIVE 3 IMPORTANT FACTS FROM ANY STORY YOU READ: NAME OF PERSON_______________________________________ FACT 1)

FACT 2)

FACT 3)

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BY GOING TO TWO DIFFERENT WEBSITES. TOPIC: “KRISTALLNACHT” WEBSITE: http://www.aish.com/holocaust/overview/Kristallnacht.asp

What does “Kristallnacht” mean? _______________________________________ Jews were rounded up and beaten one night in Poland. Two of these Polish Jews had a son named Henry Grynszpan, who was living in Paris. Henry was so upset about what happened to his parents that he went to the German embassy in Paris and did what? __________________________________________________ This event triggered “Kristallnacht”-an attack on Jews across much of Europe, in November of 1938. In one night, _________________ (#) Jewish synagogues were burnt down, _____ (#) Jews were killed, ___________ (#) Jews were placed into concentration camps, and _________(#) Jewish businesses were destroyed. TOPIC: GHETTOS WEBSITE: http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/ghettos.htm

The Nazis told people that Jews should be isolated from the rest of the population because they were carriers of _______________________. There were ______ (#) major ghettos in Poland. For photos of how Jews were segregated, click on: PHOTOS: Eight images show different ways that Jews were segregated from the rest of society. In total, the Nazis established ________ (#) ghettos in Poland, the Soviet Union, the Baltic States, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary between 1939 and 1945. The smallest ghetto held approximately _________________(#) people. The largest ghetto (Warsaw) held approximately ___________(#) people. Name 3 things that made life in the ghetto so difficult: 1) 2) 3)