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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: White Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of "The White Rose," a student resistance group in Germany during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Hadamar Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the first trial in the US zone in Germany for massed atrocities. In the Hadamar Trial, those responsible for the euthanization center at Hadamar were tried for the killing of foreign prisoners, because laws did not yet...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Ohrdruf

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the concentration camp at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald. Ohrdruf was the first camp to be liberated by the Allied forces, in April 1945.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of photographs taken by an SS officer, Karl Hocker, who was stationed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. Use the links on the page to go to related articles and the photographs
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University of South Florida

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Rescue and Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a detailed account of the liberation of the concentration camps by Allied forces and is accompanied by numerous photos, related website links, and video clips.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about Jews fleeing the Third Reich on the transatlantic liner the St. Louis in 1939.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz

For Students 9th - 10th
On this comprehensive website is the history of Auschwitz. You can click on maps, photographs, personal histories, and film footage.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Adolf Eichmann

For Students 9th - 10th
This article details the life of war criminal Adolf Eichmann from his youth to his capture and execution.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Testimonios De Los Sobrevivientes

For Students 9th - 10th
Available in Spanish only: from the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Historias personales" or "personal stories" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Resistencia Espiritual en Los Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
Available in Spanish only: From the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Resistencia espiritual en los ghettos" or "Spiritual Resistance in the Ghettos" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Enciclopedia Del Holocausto: Mauthausen

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content: From the United States Holocaust Museum this is the "Mauthausen" entry into the Spanish version of the museum's online Holocaust encyclopedia.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Introduction to the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Online museum encyclopedia introduction of the Holocaust. Includes photographs, references for further reading, and links to related materials.
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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: 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

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Daily Life

For Students 9th - 10th
The daily experiences of Jewish children in hiding during World War II varied depending on whether they could hide openly or had to stay confined at all times. Opportunities to play were often limited or non-existent, and their...
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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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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Holocaust Timeline: Shoah

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive timeline showing the events between 1933 and 1945 that occurred during the progression of the Jewish Holocaust. It begins with several paragraphs describing the nature of the Holocaust.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of historical events that led to the Cold War from the perspective of the U.S. Army. Particular emphasis is placed on military leadership and policy.
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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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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Early Boycott, Racial Legislation

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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Other

Dirksen Congressional Center: Everett M. Dirksen Abroad, 1945: The Trip

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dirksen Congressional Center created a website focused on Everett Dirksen's travels for the House Committee on Appropriations in 1945. Details the extent of this trip with a list of places traveled, people he met with, and pictures....
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Other

France in World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site that provides links to sites that contain detailed information concerning the fall of France that May in 1940. Click on sites under The French Defeat of 1940 - Reassessments.

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