DC+Assignment+6+-+Holocaust

 **The time period when Hitler was in po** **wer** **in Germany was** **a** **time filled with heartache and many terrible events. There were many reasons why things happened the way they did, and why Hitler and the Nazi party was not stopped sooner.**

**Visit the following sites, and answer all the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper.** **Here is a link to a document that just has the questions.**

**Print it out, complete, and put in Ms Krajcik's room by Friday, March 21.**  [|What is genocide?] 1. Define "genocide" in your own words. 2. When we refer to the "holocaust", what time period are we talking about?

[|Hitler Comes to Power] 3. What levels of German society were most drawn to Hitler and the Nazi Party?

[|Nazi Racism] 4. What was Hitler's term for the "master race"? Describe this type of person. 5. What types of German citizens were victims of the Nazi Party?

[|Antisemitism] 6. Define antisemitism. 7. When did it begin? 8. What other nations treated Jews as scapegoats (blamed them for some trouble)?

[|The Nuremberg Laws] 9. According to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, how did the German government decide if someone was Jewish? 10. What did the German government require of Jews in German society? [|Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass] 11. What happened on November 9, 1938? What caused the violence?

[|Refugee Map] 12. Many Jews escaped Germany during this time. What countries accepted the most Jewish refugees?

[|Evian Conference] 13. Why did the US not allow entrance to more refugees before WWII?

[|The Final Solution] 14. What was the goal of the "Final Solution?"

[|Ghettos] 15. How many ghettos existed in German occupied territories? 16. Describe the largest ghetto.

[|Abe's Story: Kutno Ghetto] 17. Describe the picture and say how people are treated.

[|Abe's Story: Conditions Worsen] 18. Describe how the conditions worsened. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">19. What does Abe do? Where does he go? Why?

[|Concentration Camps] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">20. What were the first Nazi concentration camps?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">21. What was the primary purpose of these camps?

[|Forced Labor Camps] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">22. Describe what happens to most "workers".

[|Death Camps] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">23. What happened at most of these camps?

[|Death Marches] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">24. Why were people forced to go on "death marches"?

[|Family Photograph] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">25. Create your own caption for this photo. Describe what the family is doing and where they are going.

[|Remember] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">26. Choose two images from this site. Include their title and a description of each picture.

[|Liberation] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">27. When the Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz Death Camp, how many shoes did they find?

[|Survivors] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">28. Describe one hardship survivors had to face.

[|A Survivor's Prayer: A Poem]

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">29. Read the poem, and summarize what it is about in a few sentences.

[|Importance of teaching about the Holocaust] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">30. If you were going to teach others about the importance of studying the holocaust, what would you include?