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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gardelegen

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the massacre of concentration camp prisoners at the end of a "death march" in the Gardelegen region of Germany at the end of World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Persecution of Homosexuals in the Third Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry describes the Nazi persecution of gays. Includes information on the criminal code Paragraph 175 and the pink triangle symbol used to mark gay men in concentration camps.
Lesson Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Children's Diaries During the Holocaust

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students will learn about the life of children and teenagers before and during the Holocaust by reading excerpts from their diaries. In the end, these children perished in the concentration camps. Read entries about their everyday life...
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Elie Wiesel: "The Perils of Indifference"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the audio and text of Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference" delivered on April 12, 1999, Washington, D.C. He discusses his experience in German concentration camps during the Holocaust and the dangers on indifference.
Article
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "No News From Auschwitz" by A. M. Rosenthal [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This two-page PDF is the article "No News from Auschwitz" by A. M. Rosenthal, written after his visit to Auschwitz, the site of the Nazi concentration camp. It was published in The New York Times in 1958. RI.11-12.10b Text Complexity
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Last Jews in the Last Months of the German Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
As WWII drew to a close and a loss seemed imminent for the Germans, the SS were ordered to clear the concentration camps so no witnesses would be left. The Jews were led on extreme marches which culminated in 200,000-250,000 deaths. Read...
Website
The History Place

The History Place: Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a lengthy biography of the principal planner of the Final Solution in Nazi Germany, Reinhard Heydrich. The information is somewhat in-depth and worth checking out on the subject.
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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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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.
Website
University of Washington

Uw Libraries: Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an in-depth look at the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II who were forced into American style concentration, or internment, camps to wait out the war.
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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.
Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Death March to Volary

For Students 9th - 10th
The Death March to Volary began when Allied forces were getting closing in on the camps so the SS forced the woman to evacuate and march close to 500 miles. 1300 women began marching and only 350 survived. This online exhibit includes...
Activity
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Auschwitz Album

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of surviving visual evidence of what occurred at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photos were taken by two SS men whose task was to take ID photos and fingerprints of the inmates.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Estimated Number of Jews Killed During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Table broken down by country showing estimated numbers of Jewish people killed in each area during World War II.
Article
Other

Northwest College Wyoming: Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Heart Mountain, Wyoming, was one of the Japanese relocation centers used during World War II. Read the history of the center, then browse the many original photos, conveniently sorted by topic. Some primary documents are also available...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Report on the Holocaust in Romania

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a very detailed report on the activities of the Germans and Romanians during World War 2 related to the deportation and killing of Jewish people.
Website
Other

Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers extensive research resources regarding the Holocaust of World War II. This site has won awards from the History Channel and Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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.
Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Lola Rein and Her Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
From The United States Holocaust Museum, the heart-wrenching tale of Lola Rein, a Polish girl who hid in a hole from the Nazis for seven months. Examine the dress she wore, her only remembrance from her mother, and access the Lola and...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
Browsable directory of encyclopedia articles on topics related to the Holocaust, with accompanying rich-media material (photos, maps, historical films, audio clips, etc.) available for particular topics. A full complement of articles is...
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University of South Florida

Fcit: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources and student activities are included, as well as photographs, documents, art, music, movies, literature, and more.
Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1986: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Elie Weisel, the author of "Night," and the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. This Nobel e-Museum website includes a biography and video clips.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Jews Disbelieving Reports of Extermination

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay describing how many Jewish people in Germany did not initially believe reports of Jewish extermination due to Nazi control of the press.
Handout
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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