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Eighth graders discuss the various actions of non-Jewish Germans during World War II. Through various readings and activities, they explore the rejection of Nazi ideology and how many German citizens worked to help Jewish citizens during the Nazi regime.

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nazism, world war ii, germany, the holocaust

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8th
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