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The Final Solution

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Students distinguish between concentration, labor and death camps, describe conditions in concentration camps, read and discuss Night, by Elie Wiesel, and describe methods Nazis used to disguise true purpose of death camps and concentration camps.

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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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