Name ________________________________
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Night
Web Museum
Directions: Using the links provided on this page, answer the questions about World War II and the
Holocaust. It is important that you type in the addresses accurately.
Jewish Life
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005161
1. What was the Jewish population of Europe in 1933?
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2. _________out of every ____________ European Jews was dead by the end of World War
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007052
3. What is the Gemeinden?
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What percentage of German Jews lived in the big cities?
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4. How many Jewish soldiers died fighting for Germany during World War I (not WWII)?
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Kristallnacht
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/kristallnacht.html
1. What did Herschel Grynszpan do after his family was expelled from Germany? Why is this
significant in the holocaust?
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2. Using evidence from the website, describe the events that took place on Kristallnacht. What does
the term Kristallnacht stand for?
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Name ________________________________
Class Period ________________
3. Who had to pay for the damages that were done during Kristallnacht? How much had to be paid?
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4. Who led the meetings, with other prominent Nazi party members, on November 12th?
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5. On the November 12th meeting Nazis met and devised a series of anti-Semitic laws. What were
these laws? (Provide a few example of the laws and describe the purpose of these laws)
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6. Why do some think that we should not refer to the nights of November 8-10th as Kristallnacht?
What other terms did Goebbels coin?
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Early Stages of Persecution
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005681
1. What was the first major law to curtail the rights of Jewish citizens? Describe the rights this
law took away from the Jewish citizens.
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2. In what ways were Jewish doctors and lawyers discriminated against in Munich (1933)?
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3. How did the new laws put in place during Hitler’s first six years impact the dietary laws that
the Jews observed? What did the law state?
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Name ________________________________
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4. How did the Nuremberg Law define Judaism?
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5. How did the Olympics affect the anti-Semitism prevalent in Germany?
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6. What were Jewish individuals with non-Jewish names required to do to their names in 1939?
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The Ghettos
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005059
There are links on this page to films and photos; use all of these links to answer the following
questions.
1. Approximately how many ghettos were established by the Germans?
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2. What does the term “Final Solution” mean?
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3. Once the Nazis decided to empty out a particular ghetto, what did they do with the inhabitants
of the ghetto (they had a variety of options—list them)?
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4. How was law and order administered within the ghettos?
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5. How long did the Warsaw ghetto uprising last?
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Name ________________________________
Class Period ________________
6. Who led the Warsaw ghetto uprising?
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7. How were they inevitably defeated?
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8. How big was the Budapest ghetto that housed nearly 63,000 Jews?
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9. Click on the link under title of the picture at the top of the page (see more photographs).
Choose one of the images in the left column and comment on what is present in the image and
how it is historically significant.
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Concentration Camps and Killing Centers
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/camps.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005145
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005263
1. What is the difference between the concentration camps and the killing centers?
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2. After reading and viewing the sections on the camps and killing centers in the links above,
choose one camp and briefly discuss its history, closure and purpose (some camps were used to
produce military products for the war efforts).
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Name ________________________________
Class Period ________________