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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Euthanasia Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed article covering the establishment of the euthanasia program initiated by Adolf Hitler's regime.
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Final Solution": Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Site created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to explain the Final Solution, the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jewish people. Site provides extensive information about the plan and the method by using pictures and written descriptions....
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Death Marches

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Primary
Other

Sobibior, the Forgotten Revolt [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A stunning account of the most successful revolt and escape from a Nazi concentration camp. Read about the camp,Sobibor, and how it was set up. Then find out about the plans for escape and how that was carried out. Included are maps,...
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of the Baltic States

For Students 9th - 10th
Hitler's Final Solution extended into the Baltic States with mass deportation and extermination of the Jewish people. Study background information and examine primary sources such as photos, testimonies, archival footage, video lectures,...
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of Jews in Romania

For Students 9th - 10th
Romania had a long history of anti-Semitism and was an ally of the Nazis. Around 400,000 Jews were killed in Romanian-controlled areas during the war. Read a summary on Romania during WWII and view primary sources such as photos,...
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Wannsee Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
The systematic murder of Jews on an industrial scale was the goal of Hitler's Final Solution and discussed at the Wannsee Conference. As a result of the conference. a network of extermination camps was established and 1.7 million Jews...
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Invasion of the Soviet Union and the Beginnings of Mass Murder

For Students 9th - 10th
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and indiscriminately shot Jewish women and children because they were worthless and couldn't contribute to the workforce. Read a summary of this invasion and how it related to Hitler's Final...
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Unit Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Berdichev: One of the Untold Stories

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learn the story of Berdichev, a Jewish community in Soviet controlled Ukraine to better understand the key stages of the Final Solution. The lesson is broken down into different topics each with background and reflective questions.
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Unit Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Final Solution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers can choose from a range of teaching material to present the subject of the Final Solution to students. Materials include lesson plans, archival materials, presentations, testimonies, video lectures, and primary sources.
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Operation Barbarossa: Survivors Testimonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on a survivor's name to read eye-witness testimony of Operation Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's military invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Evolution of the Final Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Article
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Last Jews in the Last Months of the German Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
As WWII drew to a close and a loss seemed imminent for the Germans, the SS were ordered to clear the concentration camps so no witnesses would be left. The Jews were led on extreme marches which culminated in 200,000-250,000 deaths. Read...
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Uprooting and Deportation

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Graphic
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Eastern European Study Seminar: Chelmno

For Students 9th - 10th
A large colletion of photos of the current state of the Chelmno death camp in Poland and the memorials built there to remember the people who were exterminated there during World War II.
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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Chelmno

For Students 9th - 10th
The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides a detailed article on Chelmno, an extermination camp located in Poland, describing the location, facilities, and extermination methods. Includes a collection of photos, a timeline, and links to related...
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Graphic
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Map: European Rail System, 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
Map showing the network of railroads in Europe that facilitated the transport of Jews to extermination camps in German-occupied Poland.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: The Final Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the German flood of anti-Jewish propaganda and the brutal methods used by the Nazis against the Jews in order to achieve their Final Solution.
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Handout
Other

Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team: Chelmno Death Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the death camp Chemnlo, which was located in Poland and established in order to exterminate the Jewish population of the Warthegau territory annexed to Nazi Germany. Highlights important dates in the camp's history and...
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Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust:the Nazi Euthanasia (T 4) Program

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference to the Nazi Euthanasia (T-4) Program.
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Handout
Other

Jewish Gen: The Forgotten Camps: Chelmno (Kulmhof Poland)

For Students 9th - 10th
JewishGen, an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, hosts a personal website entitled, "The Forgotten Camps," which includes a look at extermination camp Chelmno, located in Poland. Read a brief article that explains the background...