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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Vilna

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the German occupation of Vilna, and the Nazi extermination of the large Jewish population there.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Krakow (Cracow)

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the German occupation of the Polish city of Krakow, and the subsequent Nazi persecution of the Jewish population, especially the destruction of the Krakow Ghetto.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Belzec

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Belzec concentration camp in Poland, run by the Nazis between 1941 and 1943.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gassing Operations

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi use of poison gas to eliminate "undesirable" persons, whether because of their physical or mental health, or because of their religious or ethnic dispositions.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Concentration Camps, 1942 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Article details the Nazi need for forced labor and the solution they found in the concentration camps they established. It also mentions the use of prisoners in medical experiments.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sobibor

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi concentration camp at Sobibor in Poland, and of the prisoner uprising there.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Treblinka

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi development and use of the extermination camp at Treblinka in Poland during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jehovah's Witnesses: Persecution 1870 1936

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Jehovah's Witnesses, especially in Germany, and the persecution they faced in Germany from the Nazis.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Westerbork

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the camp at Westerbork, the Netherlands, originally created by the Dutch to intern Jewish refugees, but later used as a transit camp by the Nazis, a holding place for Jews being sent to other concentration camps.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Drancy

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Nazi development and use of Drancy, a former police barracks in Paris, as a transportation camp for deporting Jews to extermination camps.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Raoul Wallenberg and Rescue of Jews in Budapest

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who worked to save Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps late in World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jasenovac

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the concentration camps established by the Nazis in the area around Jasenovac in Croatia, and their use in eliminating political and religious opponents, as well as Jews shipped in from other places in Eastern Europe.
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University of South Florida

Holocaust Timeline: The Nazification of Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
This incredible site outlines the rise and implementation of the Nazi Party in Germany. While learning about Hitler's transformation of Germany, explore the incredible pictures, audio clips, maps, video clips, and an interactive quiz.
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University of South Florida

U. Of South Florida: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive project provides information on many aspects of the Holocaust. There is an excellent timeline with narrative, pictures, and web links. The People section provides a study of people involved in and affected by the...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Killing Centers: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
A disturbing accounting of the Nazis' Final Solution, the extermination camps where millions of Jews and others were gassed during the Holocaust. Included are hyperlinks to photographs, personal stories, and film footage.
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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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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Adolf Eichmann: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow a chronology of Adolf Eichmann's life and his participation in the "Final Solution" of the Nazis.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Voyage of the St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative article about the voyage of the SS St. Louis. Find out about the refugees on the ship, what happened to them, and how their treatment reflected world concern about those fleeing from Nazi persecution.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk

For Students 9th - 10th
Internationally known artist Arthur Szyk detailed illustrations of Jewish themes. During WWII, he drew numerous cartoons and cariacatures of Nazi Germany.
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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: Einsatzgruppen (Mobile Killing Units)

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the role of the euphemistically-titled Einsatzgruppen as mobile killing units by the Nazis, including both where and how they were employed.
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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: 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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The History Place

The History Place:memories of the White Rose Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the story of an anti-Nazi resistance movement in Germany during World War 2 written by one of the participants. Includes primary documents on the trials held after their capture.

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