The Holocaust

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-holocaust

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How heavy is The Holocaust?Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek
2. What is the estimated number of jewish victims?Approximately six million
3. What is the primary perpetrator state?Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
4. Why did the Nazis target Jews and other groups?They believed a hateful idea that some people were better than others, so they thought Jews and other groups were a threat and should be removed.
5. How did the Nazis make it easier to hurt people?They passed laws that took away rights and property, and then used camps and gas chambers to kill many people.

Genocide: The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group.
Antisemitism: Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination directed against Jews.
Final Solution: The Nazi plan for the systematic extermination of European Jews.
Ghetto: A section of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.