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Holocaust Webquest

Name: ___________________ Name: ____________

Holocaust Web Quest


Assignment: You are going to be researching different aspects of the Holocaust using the following website: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/holocaust/


Once on the link, please click on the black button that says “The Holocaust: Enter Here” and then click on the button that says to go to the Introduction.


Introduction to the Holocaust


  1. The Holocaust is the mass killings of approximately _________ Jews and is an extreme form of _____________________.


  1. What does the word Holocaust mean?



  1. In addition to the Jews, which other groups of people were targeted? (List 6)




Click to go to first section “Hitler and the Nazis”.

Scroll through the reading to answer the questions. For further study, you can watch the videos that show life before the war and Hitler’s warning in Mein Kampf, and look at different images pertaining to Hitler and the Nazis.


  1. Why did Hitler blame the Jews AND what did he refer to them as in his book the Mein Kampf?




  1. What did Hitler begin building on March 22nd, 1933?



  1. What did the Nuremberg Laws do to the German Jews?



  1. Describe what happened on November 9th, 1938 (“Kristallnacht” or “night of broken glass”)




  1. Video Summary: Choose one and Summarize:






Click on the next section “The Ghettos”.

  1. After Kristallnacht, Jews in Poland were forced to move to Ghettos where they were separated from Non-Jews. Answer the questions below on the Ghettos.

8a. What were the Jews forced to wear in the Ghettos?


8b. What were three problems with the Ghettos?

Problem #1:

Problem #2:

Problem #3:


  1. Interactive Map: How many ghettos are identified? Where were most ghettos located?





  1. Video Summary: Choose one and summarize






Click on the next section “The Camps”.

You can click on the image gallery to see images of the concentration camps. Please note some of the images are pretty graphic.


  1. Who were the Einsatzgruppen AND what was their job?



  1. What was decided at the Wannassee Conference to speed up the elimination of the Jews?



  1. What was the primary purpose of the camps?



  1. What did the Nazis construct to speed up the process?



  1. Interactive Map: How many camps are identified? Where were most camps located?




  1. Video Summary:






Click on the section “End of War/Liberation”

You can click on the image gallery or watch videos on the end of the war.


  1. What happened to Hitler in the end?



  1. What day did the war officially end in Europe? What is the day called?


  1. How many of the victims of the Holocaust were children?



  1. After the war, why did the Allies set up the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg, Germany?



  1. How many were convicted and sentenced to death? _______

How many were sentenced to life in prison? _______

How many received prison terms from 10-20 years? ________


  1. Video/picture summary:






  1. Map: Identify the three countries that had the most Jewish losses between 1939-1943. How many died in each country during this time?







  1. Click on the section: “Genocide Today”

What specific actions and activities do you think would be most effective in preventing future incidents of Genocide?



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