Activity
Learning About the Holocaust
4.4
SUGGESTED Learning Strategies: Graphic Organizer, KWHL Chart,
Notetaking, Summarizing/Paraphrasing
1. Holocaust Vocabulary
To discuss the Holocaust, you will need to be familiar with the following
terms. In a small group, work to find a definition or explanation of the
terms your teacher assigns. Be prepared to explain your terms to the
class.
Term
Definition/Explanation
Anti-Semitism
Concentration camp
Death camp
Genocide
Gestapo
Nazi
Persecution
Propaganda
SS (Schutzstaffel)
Star of David
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Holocaust
Activity 4.4
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2. Research Topics About the Holocaust
When did Hitler come to
power in Germany?
When did the Germans open the
first concentration camp?
When were the Nuremberg Laws
passed?
What message did Hitler
spread?
What was it called? Where was it
located?
What was the purpose of these
laws? Give some examples.
When were the Olympic
games held in Berlin?
When did Hitler declare the end
of the Versailles Treaty?
What hopes did Hitler have
for the Olympics that year?
What was the Versailles Treaty?
What was the topic of discussion
at the international conference
in Evian, France, in 1938?
What was the outcome of the
conference?
What happened?
What happened on
Kristallnacht (“Night of
Broken Glass”)?
When did World War II begin?
What event triggered the war?
When were ghettos first
established?
Where were they, and what was
their purpose?
Why?
When was Auschwitz
concentration camp established?
When did the Nazis begin their
“euthanasia program”?
What was its purpose?
What was this program?
What was the Warsaw
ghetto uprising?
What happened to Jews at Babi
Yar?
When was the first
extermination camp opened?
When did it start?
When did this happen?
Where was it located?
When did the Nazis begin to
deport Jews to extermination
camps?
When was D-Day?
When did the Nazis begin to
deport Jews from Germany
to Poland?
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How did they move the
people?
When did it end?
When did the Wannsee
Conference take place?
What was planned there?
Where did they go?
When was V-E Day?
What does it stand for?
What were the Nuremberg
Trials?
When did they take place?
Where did it occur?
What does it stand for?
Find out when Germany invaded
or conquered Denmark, Norway,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland,
France, Austria, the Soviet
Union, Czechoslavakia, and
North Africa.
Identify these countries on a
map.
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