I - Introduction
a) Life before the Nazis Regime
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According to Gerda Hass how religious was German Jewry before the war?
Based on her testimony, is it a good thing that Jewish institutions received funds from the German Government? Explain!
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How does Nesse Godin experience of Yom Kippur in Lithuania seem similar to ours in Chicago?
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Click on the pictures to the left and develop a list of similarities and differences to our lives today.
Overview of Holocaust
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1) What does the word Holocaust mean?
2) When did the Nazis come to power?
3) What was their political platform?
4) Which other groups were targeted by the Nazis?
5) What was the Jewish population in Europe in 1933?
6) What was the program to destroy the Jewish population called?
7) Who was incarcerated in the concentration camps prior to the war?
8) What was the purpose of the ghettoes?
9) When did the Germans invade Russia?
10) Who were the einsatzgruppen?
11) Give another term for the killing centers.
12) When did the death marches begin?
13) When did the German�s surrender ending WWII?
14) What was a DP camp?
15) How many DP�s immigrated to Israel?
II Listen to video or read article to answer questions
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1) When did mass killings begin?
2) What was the prewar Jewish population/
3) Which countries did the majority of Jews live?
4) What action causes WWII to begin?
5) In which countries did the einsatzgruppen function?
6) In which countries where the extermination camps located?
III Ghettoes of Europe 1939-1944
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1) Where were the Ghettoes located?
2) What was the purpose of the ghettoes?
3) Where were Jews sent from the ghettoes?
4) Which country was the last to have ghettoes established?
5) What did the German�s do after the Jews left the Ghettoes?
6) How many ghettoes were there in eastern Europe?
IV Extermination Camps
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1) Where were the extermination camps located/
2) List the 6 camps.
3) Which camps functioned as a labor camp also?
V Deportations
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1) Which cities were the longest journeys for the deported Jews from the west, south and north ?
2) What were the deportations known as?
VI The Third Reich
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1) When did the Weimar republic begin to govern?
2) When does Hitler ascend to power/
3) What took place that caused the Nazis to suspend civil rights in Germany?
4) What does the term Fuehrer mean?
5) What was the policy of the Nazis based on?
VII Map of Germany
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1) Which courtiers bordered Germany prior to WWII?
2) Which of those countries had German speaking populations?
Map of Germany 1944
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List the countries that were occupied by Germany at this time.
VIII NAZI PROPAGANDA
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1) Who was the minister of propaganda for the Nazis?
2) How was the message of the Nazis spread?
3) What historic claims where being promoted by the Nazis to the German population?
4) How were Jews portrayed to the Germans as Germany invades Russia?
5) In the film, The eternal Jew, how are Jews depicted?
6) What was the purpose of the Theresienstadt Camp?
IX INVASION OF POLAND, FALL 1939
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1) What part of Germany did Poland receive due to the Treaty of Versailles?
2) What was the political foreign attitude of France and England in the early 30�s?
3) What 3 military moves by Germany were not challenged by France or Rngland?
4) How was Germany able to invade Poland without fear of attack by the Soviet Union?
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5) How many pronged attack did the German�s direct at Poland?
6) How many pronged attack did the Russians direct at Poland?
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7) What was the Blitzkrieg?
X INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION, JUNE 1941
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1) What was the largest battle of WWII?
2) What was Hitler�s reasoning for invading Russia?
3) How many German soldiers were involved in this battle?
4) What happened to many of the Jews in this area?
5) What problems did the German army face?
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6) Explain the policy of "scorched earth" practiced by the Russians?
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7) Which major Russians cities were reached by the German�s during their advance?
XI WARSAW
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!) What was the capital of Poland?
2) What was the Jewish population of Warsaw before the war?
3) What was the purpose of the Judenrat?
4) What were the first actions taken against the Jews?
5) When were the Jews sealed in the Warsaw Ghetto?
6) What was the average number of Jews per room in the ghetto?
7) To which killing center where Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto transferred?
8) When does the Warsaw Ghetto uprisings begin?
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9) What was the food ration for the Warsaw Ghetto?
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10) Which Jew was placed in charge of the judenrat and what does he finally do?
XII AXIS ALLIANCE IN WORLD WAR II
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1) Which countries made up the Axis?
2) What was the name of the pact that they signed?
3) Who did the axis fight against?
XIII Genocide
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1) What does the term genocide mean?
2) Who worked to create this term?
XIV JEWISH RESISTANCE
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1) Why did Jews rise up to fight?
2) Which ghetto had the most famous resistance?
3) Why would the Jews fight against such odds?
4) Which extermination camps had resistance?
5) How did Jews of Palestine attempt to help in the resistance?