Download The Holocaust Museum

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Date:
The Holocaust Museum
www.ushmm.org
Search throughout the website to answer the following questions:
(Questions are random and don’t follow any particular order)
Animated Map ( http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_list.php?MediaType=am)
What was the Prewar European Jewish population?
Where did most Jews live?
When did the Nazi Party come to power in Germany?
What country was invaded in 1939?
What was Auschwitz-Birkenau?
How many Jews lost their lives during the Holocaust?
(From here, explore the web-site for the answers, for example the Holocaust Encyclopedia)
(http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/)
What was the Holocaust?
The word Holocaust means…
The Nazi policy to murder the Jews of Europe was called …
Define Concentration Camp.
Name Three Concentration Camps and where they were created.
Define Extermination Camps.
Name Two Extermination Camps and what methods they used.
Define Genocide.
What were “Ghettos” and about how many were established?
What did Mobile Killing Units do?
What were Pogroms?
Who was the leader of the Third Reich?
When did Hitler come to power? (Month, Day, Year)
Define Anti-Semitism:
What countries formed the Axis Powers?
What countries formed the Allied Powers?
Describe what would happen during Nazi Medical Experiments.
Briefly describe Kristallnacht. (When, Where, Why, How, Who)
What did Kristallnacht become known as? “The Night …….
Explore the website and jot down below any information that you find particularly interesting.