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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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Other

Los Alamos National Labs: Indium

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of basic data, along with information on the history, sources, uses and properties of indium.
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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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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Enabling Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem provides information on the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Hitler's government dictatorial powers for four year.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 26 Grade-Leveled texts (6-11) on the topic The Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the worst genocides in history, in which Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany killed over six million Jews and five million others deemed...
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The History Place

The History Place: The Nuremberg Race Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a short explanation of the Nuremberg Laws during Hitler's reign. Site shows a chart issued by the Nazis to help distinguish Jews from Germans of mixed race.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Saxon Dynasty 919 1024

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Library of Congress describes the period of the Saxon dynasty in the 10th century and the founding of the Holy Roman Empire under Otto I. The article is medium in length, and provides worthwhile information on the...
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The History Place

The History Place: Statistics of the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.
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The History Place

The History Place: Hitler Youth Prelude to War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place is about the Hitler youth movement and their support for Hitler before WWII. The information that is presented is in depth, and very interesting with links at the bottom of the article for additional...
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The History Place

The History Place: Hitler Joins German Workers' Party

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides information about Hitler and the German Workers' (Nazi) Party. The information is medium in length and is worth checking out for more info on the subject.
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The History Place

The History Place: Auschwitz Today

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place provides a virtual slide show of photos taken from a walking tour of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: Hitler Named Chancellor

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events surrounding Hitler being sworn in as Chancellor.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Night of the Long Knives

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the problems Hitler had bringing the brown-shirted SA storm troopers under his control and the events during the Night of the Long Knives when SS death squads executed SA leaders across the country.
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Scrapbookpages.com: The City of Nurnberg

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Scrapbookpages.com provides information about Nurnberg, the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Famous people who lived and worked in Nurnberg (e.g., the artist Albrecht Durer) are...
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Other

Master of Death: Reinhard Heydrich

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the Nazi leader, Reinhard Heydrich, including a number of pictures of Heydrich and victims of the Holocaust.
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Nazca Lines, Peru (2006)

For Students 9th - 10th
Short text regarding theories of meanings for Nazca lines (geolyphs). Good images.
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Yale University

Avalon Project: Treaty of Nonaggression Between Germany and Soviet Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the Treaty of Nonaggression between Germany and the USSR,
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Internet FAQ Archive

Faq Archives: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society: Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the devastating impact of the Holocaust and concentration camps on Jewish families and children. Some material is quite graphic and difficult to read, as it describes the cruelty the Nazis inflicted on Jewish people.
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Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: The Fall of Berlin, 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the Soviet takeover of Berlin in 1945. Presents an actual report of a war torn city and people starving, huddled in their houses as the army approached.
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National Archives (UK)

National Archives Learning Curve: Hitler

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Three 1937 reports speak to the potential problems of a Hitler-led Germany. Primary source documents, cartoons, and historical documents address the question, "Was Hitler a passionate lunatic?" in this series of performance tasks.
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A&E Television

History.com: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at World War II including video clips and audio clips of important speeches by the world leaders of the time.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Drancy Concentration Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what the Drancy concentration/death camp in France was like during WWII.
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The History Place

The History Place: Hitler Named Leader of Nazi Party

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides information about Hitler's leadership when he is named leader of the Nazi party in 1921. This is a good site to check out on the subject.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Short Biography of Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Utah Education Network provides condensed biographical information on Adolf Hitler. Includes two discussion questions.

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