1. Holocaust WebQuest
http://www.ushmm.org
Go to the above website and click on “Introduction to the Holocaust.”
Begin reading the Introduction and answer the following questions.
What groups of people were targeted and persecuted during the Holocaust?
- European Jews
- Homosexuals
- Political Enemies
- Prisoners of war
- Anything not follow the social norms
What was the European Jewish population prior to World War II?
- >9,000,000 people
Differentiate among Concentration Camps, ghettos, Einsatzgruppen, and extermination camps.
- Concentration Camps were prisons that detained the ones targeted
- Ghettos were places were streets that were enclosed to hold jews and others inside the area
- Einsatzgruppen were “mobile killing units” composed of ss and police personnel
- Extermination camps were camps where people were murdered, it was an efficient way of mass
murder
What was the purpose of death marches?
- To march between camps away from allied invasions
- So the allies would not free them in large numbers
Click on the “Final Solution” Related Article--In a paragraph, describe Adolf Hitler’s Final
Solution plan. http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007704
Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution” was a plan to exterminate all jews from europe. Overall
the plan would affect 11 millions people. This included people from unoccupied countries. This
plan killed over 10 million people.
Click on the “What is Genocide?” Related Article --- Define Genocide:
http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/genocide
Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a
national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical
destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Scroll up to the top of the page and search “Antisemitism.” Click “Antisemitism.”
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005175

2. Holocaust WebQuest
When was the term originated and what does it mean?
The term originated in 1879 and it means hatred of jews.
When was the Nazi party founded? How did they gain popularity?
The Nazi party was founded in 1919, they gained popularity by disseminating anti-jewish
propaganda.
Return to the “Introduction to the Holocaust” page. Scroll down to the bottom. Click on
“An Overview of the Holocaust: Topics to Teach.” Click on “Early Stages of Persecution.”
When were the Nuremberg laws implemented? In a paragraph, describe the Nuremberg laws
and the effects.
The Nuremberg laws were implemented in 1933. They were a series of laws that killed
and restricted many different aspects in the life of a Jew. The Nuremberg laws killed millions of
jews, and restricted their movements before the war and holocaust. These laws were the first step
of Hitler’s “Final Solution” to “cleanse” the human race.