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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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The History Place

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Once the German army was ensconced in the Sudetenland, Hitler set his sights on acquiring the rest of Czechoslovakia, despite having sworn he would stop in the Sudetenland. This page describes the events that unfolded as the invasion...
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The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazis Boycott Jewish Shops

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the political and cultural makeup of the Jewish population of Germany at the beginning of Hitler's regime and the boycott of Jewish stores in April 1933. This was followed by laws and regulations discriminating against Jews.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazis March Into the Rhineland

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses Hitler's decision to violate the Treaty of Versailles and the buildup of Germany's army in preparation for the occupation and reclamation of the Rhineland, an area which had become a demilitarized zone after World War I.
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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.
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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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Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Usf: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Art and music were not exempt from receiving Hitler's influence during the holocaust. Here you can view Nazi approved art, art considered "degenerate," art from inside the camps and ghettos, and art inspired by the holocaust. This is a...
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Nuremberg Race Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum explains the Nuremburg Race Laws and how they institutionalized Nazi racial theory. This pertained not only to Jews, but also to the Roma and blacks. Be sure click on the links...
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Free World Before the War

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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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Lublin/majdanek Concentration Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the role the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland played both in providing labor for the Nazi war effort and in the "final solution" the Nazis planned.
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Propaganda

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit documents the critical role of propaganda in the Nazi effort to turn Germany into a totalitarian state driven to annihilate its enemies. Includes a gallery of primary source documents and artifacts, such as posters, books,...
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Activity
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

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: 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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University of Southern California

Univ. Of Southern California: A Forgotten Chapter: Holland Under the Third Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a lecture on how the Netherlands (Holland) did under the Nazi occupation during World War II. Includes details on the Resistance movement.
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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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Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Joseph Goebbels

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of the Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels.
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Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Propaganda, Culture and Education

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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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Tolerance: Pre Wwii European Jewish Life Photo Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lessons - comprised of five 45-minute sessions - will engage young scholars in researching and understanding how individual Jewish communities and lives were affected by the Holocaust. By researching and analyzing family...
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Non Jewish Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the various resistance and partisan groups who fought against or sabotaged the Nazis throughout Europe during World War II.
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Polish Victims

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the Nazi movement to annihilate as much of the Polish population as possible during World War II. This article focuses particularly on the non-Jewish portion of the Polish populaton.
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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Death Marches

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the forced marches the Nazis used to try to keep concentration camp victims out of the hands of the Allies in the last few months of World War II.
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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Warsaw

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Nazi treatment of the Polish capital, Warsaw, after the invasion of Poland. Information about the creation and destruction of the Jewish ghetto, and the later destruction of most of the city and its inhabitants.

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