What is the Holocaust?
Guiding Questions: What is the Holocaust? When did the Holocaust occur? Where did the Holocaust occur? Why did the Holocaust occur?
This activity is designed to teach you about the Holocaust and the events surrounding the Holocaust. Use the website provided to answer the following questions on the box below. (Hint: you need to go through ALL of the tabs to find the required information)
http://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/before-1933
1. In 1933 how many Jews lived in Europe? How many of them were German?
2. When were the first concentration camps established? What did they do?
3. What were the Nuremberg Race Laws? When were they passed?
4. What was Kristallnacht? Why is this significant to the Holocaust?
5. What is the significance of the Wannsee Conference? What was implemented there?
6. Describe the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.
http://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/before-1933
1. In 1933 how many Jews lived in Europe? How many of them were German?
2. When were the first concentration camps established? What did they do?
3. What were the Nuremberg Race Laws? When were they passed?
4. What was Kristallnacht? Why is this significant to the Holocaust?
5. What is the significance of the Wannsee Conference? What was implemented there?
6. Describe the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.