Thursday, February 4, 2010

Holocaust Museum

Go to http://www.ushmm.org/
Click on education for student
Then click on Holocaust a learning site for students
Or just go straight to http://www.ushmm.org.outreach/en/


From there, click on the Final Solution
Read the article




  1. What are the stages before the final solution?
  2. Look at the picture of people separated by a fence
    What do you see in this picture? How do you feel when you are looking at this?

Go back to Holocaust a learning site for students
Click life in ghettos

3. How and why were Jews treated this way?
4. Look at the map
Why are most of the concentration camps in eastern Europe?

Go back to Holocaust a learning site for students
Click at the killing center

5. Why did the Nazis use the Zyklon B to Jews? Why would they want to use it to Jews for that reason?
6. Look at the photos with Jews' clothes which were stuffed in the warehouse

How do you feel when you see this picture? What do those clothes represent?

Go back to Holocaust a learning site for students
Click at Auschwitz

7. About how many people died in Auschwitz?
8. Why would they use Jews who are humans for medical experiment? What do you think about this? Do you think a normal, alive person can be used for medical experiment?
9.
Click on the second photo (the photo with Jews working in camp)
What does this look similar to? What does this picture symbolize? Describe the people in the photo (clothes, faces, etc…)


10. Do you think that this disaster will happen again? Are we still having problems with Jews nowadays somewhere in the world? Why do you think Jews were discriminated around the world? Explain.