Holocaust - Launa Murray | Library

Explore Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany and answer the questions to the right. 

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What were the Nuremberg Laws? Provide 3 examples.

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How did the Nazis seek to "Aryanize" Germany?

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Provide three examples of the Nazi persecution of Jews.

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What caused Kristallnacht?

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What destruction took place during Kristallnacht?

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Why is Kristallnacht significant?

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What were the Nazi intentions in closing the Jews into the Ghettoes?

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Why do you think the Nazis established the ghettoes near railway transports?

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Why were most ghettoes in Eastern Europe?

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How might the establishment of the Judenrate in the Ghetto have give n the Jews a false sense of security?

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"ghetto life does not flow-rather it is stagnant or frozen. Around us-are walls! We have no space, we have no freedom of movement and action." What is the main feeling that emerges from hearing this passage?

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Identify three dilemmas the Jews faced daily in the ghettoes.

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Give an example of one way that Jews attempted to keep their sanity in the ghetto.

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Where were the death camps most likely to be located?

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What was the purpose of concentration camps?

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What factor often determined camp locations?

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What led to the expansion of camps?

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When did the systemic killing of the Jews begin?

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Why did the Nazis begin using death cmamps?

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What was the T-4 program?

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What was Operation Reinhard and how did it relate to the Final Solution?

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How did the Nazis attempt to hide the evidence of the killing centers?

Use the link below to take a virtual tour of Auschwitz, the largest camp. 

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List three facts about Auschwitz.

Below, you will find an excerpt from a fantastic book written by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel from his book, Night 

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Why would most consider this treatment unnecessarily cruel?

Review the data found HERE. 

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List the victims of the Nazis.

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Consider what you have learned. I am going to ask you the age old question and I would like you to respond - how could something like this, on this scale, have happened?