The Holocaust
Web Quest
Task:
Your mission is to develop a thorough background on The Holocaust to better your
understanding of our upcoming memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel. You will use the
internet to find the answers to the following questions. Each question must be
thoroughly answered in your own words. Be sure to use a citation to credit
where you found your answer. For example: Your answer (“The Holocaust
Encyclopedia”).
Resources:
Use the following resources to answer your questions.
 “The Holocaust Encyclopedia”
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
 “The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students”
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/
 “The Simon Wiesenthal Center's 36 Questions About the Holocaust”
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/36quest3.html
Questions:
1. How did Hitler rise to power? Find three (3) ways.
My research found…
Mrs. Histed says…
2. When Hitler rose to power, what kind of government did he establish? Find three (3) characteristics.
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3. Why did Hitler and the Nazi Party hate the Jews to the point of planning to exterminate the entire Jewish race?
Identify three (3) reasons.
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4. During the Holocaust, besides Germany, which countries experienced the most Holocaust-related deaths?
Name three (3) other counties that experienced a high percentage of Holocaust-related deaths.
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5. Were Jews the only people that were targeted? What other groups were targeted?
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6. Define anti-Semitism in your own words. How did it play a part in the Holocaust? Find three (3) examples.
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Anti-Semitism is…
7. How did the Nazi Party convince the German people to hate and eventually allow the killing of 6,000,000 Jewish
people and 5,000,000 non-Jewish people? Find three (3) ways.
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8. How did the Nazis know who was Jewish? Identify three (3) ways.
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9. What is the “final solution” and how was it implemented? Give at least three (3) examples that lead to it.
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The “final solution” was…
10. Why was it difficult for the Jews in Europe to realize what was going to happen to them? Give at least three (3)
reasons.
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11. What were the conditions in the concentrations camps? How are they different from extermination camps?
My research found…
The concentration camps…
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The extermination camps…
12. What was the response of the Allies and the United States to the persecution of the Jews? Could they have done
anything to help? Find at least three (3) details to explain this question.
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13. When did the liberation of the Holocaust prisoners take place? Who were the liberators?
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