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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz Through Lens of the Ss

For Students 9th - 10th
A moving online exhibit of photographs from an album of a Nazi officer who was the commandant at Auschwitz. The accompanying commentary includes a video, podcast, and comparison of the photos of Nazi officials to those of the inhabitants...
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Lola Rein and Her Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
From The United States Holocaust Museum, the heart-wrenching tale of Lola Rein, a Polish girl who hid in a hole from the Nazis for seven months. Examine the dress she wore, her only remembrance from her mother, and access the Lola and...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Rescue

For Students 9th - 10th
In spite of the great risk, many non-Jewish people across Europe undertook rescue operations, both great and small, to hide or remove people persecuted by the Nazis, especially Jews. This article discusses some of the most notable efforts.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Women During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
The roles of Jewish women and women of other groups targeted by the Nazis is described, but the article also tells of the roles many women played in the various resistance movements during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Children During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the plight of children, especially Jewish and Roma children, during the Holocaust
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Persecution of Homosexuals in the Third Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry describes the Nazi persecution of gays. Includes information on the criminal code Paragraph 175 and the pink triangle symbol used to mark gay men in concentration camps.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Jewish Population of Europe, 1933

For Students 9th - 10th
Data by country of the Jewish population in Europe prior to World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Third Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany prior to World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Forced Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the role forced labor played in the Nazi treatment of Jews and Russian POWs during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Mosaic of Victims

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the scope of Nazi persecution during World War II, including the Jews, Poles, Roma, and any groups people who did not support the Nazi cause.
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The History Place

The History Place: Holocaust Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a chronology of the events between January 30, 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor and, and the year 1961 when Eichmann was on trial in Jerusalem. There are many useful links that connect you with pictures and photos.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place looks at the rise of the German dictator Adolf Hitler.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: 1939 1945: Quest for a Nazi Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A 20-chapter book on the history of Nazi Germany over the course of the Second World War.
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PBS

Pbs: The War: The Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," read an in-depth article about the Holocaust.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Coming of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I set the stage for increased world conflict because of the crushing reparations required of Germany. See how Adolf Hitler, over a series of years, used opposition to the terms of the treaty...
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University of South Florida

Fcit: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources and student activities are included, as well as photographs, documents, art, music, movies, literature, and more.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Refugee Crisis and Establishment of Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of how the plight of postwar Holocaust survivors brought about the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: World War Ii 1941 1945: Origins of War: Europe, Asia and United States

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the conditions that fostered the rise of Fascism and Nazism, the events during the lead-up to the outbreak of war, and what Roosevelt did to help affected nations yet still keep the United States neutral.
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Other

Simon Wiesenthal Center: About Simon Wiesenthal

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, prepared for the web site of the foundation that carries his name and whose ongoing work is one of bringing Nazi perpetrators to justice.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Remember

For Students 9th - 10th
Online multimedia exhibit represents three sides to the World War II tragedy: the Nazi perpetrator, the victim of the Nazis, and the Soviet liberator. Find out what could have happened if German Nazism had won.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Jan Karski. Humanity's Hero

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic essay features an array of photos, primary source documents, and first-hand video testimony from the man who attempted to inform the world about the existence of the Holocaust.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: "Faith in the Human Spirit Is Not Lost"

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Righteous Program founded by Yad Vashem to honor rescuers who protected Jews from death and deportation during the Holocaust.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Reinhard Heydrich

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of "the Hangman" of World War II Nazi Germany.