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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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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Rise of the Nazis and Beginning of Persecution

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nazi's goal was to expunge the Jewish people from society and strip them of all their rights. As Hitler rose to power, procedures were put in place to reach these goals. Read background information on the Nazi's rise to power and...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Country Studies: Hitler and the Rise of National Socialism

For Students 9th - 10th
The rise of Adolf Hitler to dictatorial power as the leader of the NSDAP, the failed putsch of 1923, the Great Depression and its consequences for the growth of nationalistic ideas in Germany in the thirties.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Hitler's Daughter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Hitler's Daughter" by Jackie French. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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eBook
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazi Germany 1933 to 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
An 18-chapter e-book that covers the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany up to the outbreak of World War II.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Hitler's Lost Sub

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion website to the documentary about German U-boats and the loss of the U-869 in particular. A video clip [1:31], interactive tours of the submarine, and other primary sources are included.
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Primary
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Hitler Declares War on the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jewish Virtual Library provides the text of the speech delivered by Hitler to the members of the Reichstag, calling for a declaration of war against the U.S.
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Primary
Yale University

British War Bluebook: Herr Hitler's Proclamations of September 3, 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a speech given by Herr Hitler on September 3, 1939 to the German people and the German Army as an appeal to the German people to support the war effort. The document includes links to further information and related subjects.
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Article
BBC

Bbc History: World Wars: World War Two: Hitler's Invasion of Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
Five-part article in which Hitler's reasons for invading Russia are explained and considered.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the rise of totalitarianism with the despotic, brutal leadership of both Stalin and Hitler depicted.
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Graphic
Curated OER

The Time 100: Adolf Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
Image of Adolf Hitler.
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Graphic
Curated OER

King's College: Fascism: Adolf Hitler: Photograph

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A photograph of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Burning of Books

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the Nazi Party's burning of books across the country in 1933 as a way to suppress ideas that went against Nazi beliefs and that might inspire discontent and protests.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Conquest at Munich

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events leading up to the Munich Agreement and the invasion of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Gestapo Is Born

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the founding of the Gestapo by Hermann Goring in April 1933, its growth and methods, and the unlimited powers that it wielded.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Dachau Opens

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the early stages of the concentration camp system developed by Theodor Eike and what life was like for prisoners at Dachau.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Nuremberg Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the rampant anti-Semitism in Nuremberg in the 1930s that led to the adoption of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 which severely restricted the rights of full-blood and mixed-race Jews.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazis Take Austria

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events leading up to the invasion of Austria by Germany and what happened immediately after the occupation.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Night of Broken Glass

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the actions of an angry young Jewish man, Herschel Grynszpan, who shot a German embassy official who later died. The event was used by Goebbels to justify a widespread attack on Jewish people across Germany and Austria. This...
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: The Last Days of Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the final days prior to the outbreak of World War II, the economic situation that made it essential for Germany to start the war, his insincere attempts at negotiations with other countries, and the invasion of Poland.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Poland Is Crushed

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the invasion of Poland in 1939 by the Germans with the support of Stalin's army.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Defeat in the Desert

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the battles and military maneuvers of the Allies and the Germans in North Africa during World War II, resulting in the Germans' loss of North Africa.
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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
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Battle of the Atlantic

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events of the Battle of the Atlantic and the different technologies used by both sides.

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