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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Yalta Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
In February 1945, FDR met with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in Yalta to discuss post WW2 plans. This article provides detailed facts and a summary of this historic event.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Battle of the Bulge

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview presents interesting facts and information about the Allied victory in the WW2 Battle of the Bulge.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of the Bulge Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this Battle of the Bulge timeline to learn about the key dates and important events of one of the fiercest battles fought by Americans during WW2 and the ultimate Allied victory.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Evian Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Evian Conference, a meeting of thirty-two countries which gathered in 1938 to address the question of Jewish refugees from Germany. The result of the meeting was very disappointing.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a link to two interviews of Komunyakaa: on poetry and on the heritage of jazz for African American poets. There is a commentary on "Tu Do Street". There are several links to other Komunyakaa sites.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Adolf Hitler Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Useful biographical information about Adolph Hitler, dictator of Germany during World War 2.
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Poland 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939. The site also contains diary entries from Dr. Zygmunt Klukowski, who was the chief physician of a small hospital in the village of Szczebrzeszyn south of the city of Lublin. An...
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World War Ii German Panzer Tank

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to comprehensive information on the tanks and vehicles used by Nazi Germany in WW II.
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History Place: Heinrich Himmler Chief of German Police

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place describes Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the German police under the command of Hitler. He helped carry out what the Nazi's referred to as the "Final Solution."
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The History Place: Images of Anschluss

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides archived photos with captions showing Nazi rule in Austria. Also provided is a link to return to the WWII Timeline for additional information.
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World War Two Website Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents two very different war photo albums, one of a Nazi Panzer Jaeger (tank hunter) who served on the Eastern Front and the other of German who served in a Luftwaffe anti-aircraft unit in the Alsace-Lorraine area of Europe.
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Wikipedia: Molotov Ribbentrop Pact

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful, information-packed encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on the Molotov-Ribbentrop (Nazi-German) pact presents a good summary of the events that led up to the signing of the pact. There is also a link to the text of the pact.
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Wikipedia: Dictatorship

For Students 9th - 10th
A short article on the nature of 20th century dictatorship. It provides examples of dictatorships such as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
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Wikipedia: Dictatorship

For Students 9th - 10th
A short article on the nature of 20th century dictatorship. It provides examples of dictatorships such as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
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The History Place Genocide in the 20th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Article depicting the Nazi Holocaust from the beginning in 1938 with a simple boycott to the end in 1945 with the liberation of the death camps.
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Otto Frank

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR reports on the finding of a groups of letters from Otto Frank in which he tries desperately to save his family from the impending Nazi doom.
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Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR reports on the finding of a groups of letters from Otto Frank in which he tries desperately to save his family from the impending Nazi doom.
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Photograph Showing Concentration Camp Prisoners in Their Hut

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice survey of the major events of the Holocaust from its origins in Nazi Germany during the 1930s to the death camps and what happened afterward.
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German Troops March Through Warsaw

For Students 9th - 10th
Archived photo with caption of German troops marching through Warsaw during a victory parade.
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Anne Frank Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
Anne Frank.
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Anne Frank

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Anne Frank
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Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Book Burning

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussion of German book burning with a picture of an SA officer throwing a book on a fire.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Non Jewish Victims of Persecution in Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Hitler not only targeted Jews, but he also persecuted Gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled. These groups were considered socio-racial problems that needed to be exterminated. Read a summary of each of these groups and view primary...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: 1938 "The Fateful Year"

For Students 9th - 10th
1938 has been deemed "The Fateful Year" because Jewish persecution escalated. Jewish passports were revoked, Kristallnacht occurred, and Jewish property was forcibly taken. Read a summary and view primary sources such as photos,...

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