The Holocaust - Research
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The Holocaust was a dark period in history during which millions of people
were systematically destroyed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. These
people were targeted by the Nazis because of their religion, culture
and/or their lifestyle. People targeted included Jews, Gypsies and
Homosexuals.
By reading novels like Once we learn more about the Holocaust, the
horror and destruction that occurred and the evil that people can do to
each other when given the chance.
Your task is to learn a bit more about the people responsible for the
Holocaust, the places the Nazi’s created to take the lives of so many
people, and to read about some of the people who were lucky enough to
survive.
For this research task you will be using the following question page to
guide your work and record your answers for all of the tasks listed. Be
sure to read the directions carefully for each task before beginning.
Holocaust Research Question Page
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Task 1: People Responsible
Directions: This task will require you to read and research about the 3 top
Nazi officials in charge of removing the Jews and other undesirables from
Nazi Germany and other Axis countries during the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Each Nazi official will have 2 websites for you to read and gather the
information you will need to answer the questions about each official.
PLEASE be sure to read the information on the websites FIRST, then go
back and find the answers to the questions. The main purpose of this task
is for you to learn about each of the Nazi officials.
Adolf Hitler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_hitler
http://auschwitz.dk/Hitler.htm
1.
Date of Birth?
2.
Place Hitler was born (City & Country)?
3.
What was the highest level of formal education that Hitler held?
4.
What types of jobs did Hitler have before becoming Fuhrer of Nazi
Germany?
5.
Was Hitler married? If so, to who? What year did he get married?
Did Hitler have any children?
6.
Did Hitler ever serve in any military service? If so which one? What
years did he serve? What was the highest rank he earned?
7.
What year did Hitler join the National Socialist German Workers
Party (Nazi for short)
8.
What roles did Hitler have in the Nazi party?
9.
What year did Hitler gain control of Germany?
10. What year did Hitler decide to kill all Jews and undesirables held in
Nazi controlled Europe? What was the plan to kill the Jews and
undesirables called?
11. What year did Hitler die? How did he die? Who was with him?
Heinrich Himmler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler
http://www.deathcamps.info/Nazis/page_2.htm
1.
Date of Birth?
2.
Place Himmler was born (City & Country)?
3.
What was the highest level of formal education that Himmler held?
4.
What types of jobs did Himmler have before becoming in charge the
SS (Secret Police)
5.
Was Himmler married? If so, to who? What year did he get
married? Did Himmler have any children?
6.
Did Himmler ever serve in any military service? If so which one?
What years did he serve? What was the highest rank he earned?
7.
What year did Himmler join the National Socialist German Workers
Party (Nazi for short)
8.
What roles did Himmler have in the Nazi party
9.
At the end of World War II (WWII) what did Himmler try to do
10. Did Himmler’s plan succeed? How was he captured? Who captured
him?
11. What year did Himmler die? How did he die?
Reinhard Heydrich
http://www.deathcamps.info/Nazis/page_3.htm
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Heydrich.html
1.
Date of Birth?
2.
Place Heydrich was born (City & Country)?
3.
What was the highest level of formal education that Heydrich held?
4.
What types of jobs did Heydrich have before becoming Himmler’s
second in command?
5.
Was Heydrich married? If so, to who? What year did he get
married? Did Heydrich have any children?
6.
Did Heydrich ever serve in any military service? If so which one?
What years did he serve? What was the highest rank he earned
7.
What year did Heydrich join the National Socialist German Workers
Party (Nazi for short)
8.
What roles did Heydrich have in the Nazi party
9.
When and where was Heydrich’s plan for the “Final Solution”
revealed
10. What year did Heydrich die? How did he die?
11. What did the Nazis do in retaliation for the death of Heydrich
Task 2: Concentration Camps and Death Camps
Directions: Using these links as a starting point, you need to gather
information about the camps Hitler created.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/campmap.html
http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blchart.htm
1. What is the difference between a death camp and a concentration
camp?
2. Name 3 death camps and 3 concentration camps.
3. In a table copy the information for the 6 camps you have named about
the location, date established and date closed and if applicable estimated
number of lives lost.
4. The most known about camps were Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and
Dachau. Choose one and research 10 points about what happened there,
and 3 images showing the camp.
Task 3: Survivors
Directions: Your last task is to learn about the survivors of the Holocaust
and hear their stories. Once you click on the link it will take you to a page
titled A Teacher’s Guide To The Holocaust-Survivors. Once at this
webpage, you must read the introductions and choose at least 3
survivor’s stories to read or watch on video.
http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/people/survivor.htm
The next step is to read and or watch the videos for those survivors. Once
you have completed that, you must choose one survivor and then write
about that person and how the Holocaust impacted their life. This
response should include a brief history of the person, what happened to
them during the Holocaust, and how they survived it. Before you begin
writing, please use the focus questions below to plan out your response.
This response should be at least 20 lines long. Remember to use complete
sentences and grammar.
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Name of survivor
History of survivor
What happened to them?
How did they survive?
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