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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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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Einsatzgruppen and Other Ss and Police Units

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the use of the Einsatzgruppen by the Nazis, especially in the Soviet Union, to commit mass murder in their effort to defeat the Soviet Union in World War II.
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Website
Other

The Voyage of the Ss St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
A personal website provides a snapshot of one Jewish family's plight during the Nazi occupation. The author highlights the journey of one man in particular as he sets sail on the SS St. Louis to flee Nazi persecution.
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Website
Other

National Foundation for Jewish Continuity: The Ss St. Louis Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a piece of American history you problably know little about. In 1939 a ship filled with Jewish refugees sat off the coast of Miami waiting for permission to land. That permission was denied. Find out what happened to the...
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Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Heinrich Himmler

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a biography of Heinrich Himmler. Includes speech delivered in 1943 to SS members. Links to related topics.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Enhance lessons focused on Nazism in Germany, the rise and fall, by utilizing the resources suggested.
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Handout
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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Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Tragedy of the s.s. St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
The tragic tale of the Jewish refugees from Germany who boarded the SS St. Louis, hoping to find asylum in the United States is told here. It's a story of the umwillingness of many countries to help those persecuted by the Nazis. There...
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Handout
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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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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Website
Other

Feldgau: German Armed Forces Research 1919 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to detailed information about the German military by the branch of the armed forces and the years from 1918 and continuing throughout the World War II period.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Well Founded Fear (Lesson Plans About Asylum Seekers)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about asylum seekers, one of which is based on the case of the SS St. Louis, an ocean liner of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in 1939. The lessons let young scholars discuss how U.S. immigration and...
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Primary
The History Place

The History Place: Holocaust Timeline: Heinrich Himmler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief article illustrating one of the main leaders of the Nazi party in Germany during Word War II, Heinrich Himmler. Content includes numerous quotes "justifying" his role in exterminating the Jews.
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Website
The History Place

The History Place: The Night of the Long Knives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a lengthy discussion with quotes about the take over of the Sturmabteilung (SA) by the Shutzstaffel (SS) in 1934 and the leader of the SA, Rohm, is assassinated.
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Article
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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Handout
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.