Monday, December 29, 2008

Homework for Tuesday, January 6th

Click on the following link: http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/resource/pdf/history.pdf



Read the second part (1939-1945) of "Summary of the History of the Holocaust in Two Main Sections" and answer the following questions in complete sentences. Your work will be collected tomorrow.



1939-1945


1. When and how did World War II begin?
2. Describe Hitler’s “euthanasia” program.
3. Which countries were allies of Germany during WWII? Which countries were opposed to Germany during WWII?
4. What was the purpose of the Einsatzgruppen?
5. What happened in the concentration camps during the WWII?
6. What were “ghettos” and what happened in them?
7. How did the Germans move to eliminate the ghettos? Describe these sites.
8. Describe at least three events that took place at Auchwitz-Birkenau.
9. Describe two examples of resistance.
10. What did the SS try to do in late 1944? What happened in May of 1945?

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