Group Activity

Holocaust Webquest

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After researching your topic, develop your poster answering the questions provided. Be prepared to share outloud with group once your research is complete.

Topic 1:What was Kristallnacht (Crystal Night or “The Night of the Broken Glass)?

  1. When did Kristallnacht happen and what was Kristallnacht?
  2. What was the supposed spark that initiated this violence?
  3. What was the role of police on this night?
  4. What is a “pogrom?”
  5. After Kristallnacht, what happened to many Jews?
  6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

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Topic 2:How did Hitler gain power and begin Nazi Rule?

  1. How and when did Hitler gain power and what was the Third Reich?
  2. Who were the SS?
  3. What was “Nazi Propaganda” and how was it used?
  4. What is Euthanasia?
  5. What is “Anti-Semitism?”
  6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

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Topic 3:What was life like in a Concentration Camp?

  1. What are some of the things that happened to the prisoners when they first got to the camps?
  2. What was “Selection?”
  3. What was the difference between death camps and labor camps?
  4. What happened to the personal items people brought with them?
  5. What were a crematorium and a gas chamber?
  6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

  • (camps/liberation/survival)

Topic 4:What was a “ghetto?”

  1. How was a ghetto formed?
  2. What kind of things did they have in a ghetto?
  3. Who was in charge of a ghetto? How did they run it?
  4. How did the Nazi’s keep the Jews in the Ghetto?
  5. What happened after Jews left the ghettos?
  6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search

  • (deportations/ghettos)

Topic 5:What was the “Final Solution?”

  1. What was the “Final Solution?”
  2. Who were implementers of the “Final Solution?”
  3. How was the “Final Solution” supposed to be carried out?
  4. How many Jewish lives were lost as a result of “The Final Solution” and the Holocaust?
  5. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research

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Topic 6: Timeline/History

Give a timeline of the Holocaust