Online+Investigations

In this online investigation, you will be researching the Holocaust. For each question, please consult the given Websites to find information that will help you answer each of them.

Holocaust Timeline
 * When was the Holocaust? (beginning and ending year)**

Nuremberg Laws
 * What are the Nuremberg Laws? What did they ban Jews from doing?**

US Holocaust Memorial
 * Which groups of people were considered racially superior? Which groups were considered racially inferior?**

US Holocaust Memorial: Camps **
 * What are concentration camps? What were they used for? How many were there?

US Holocaust Memorial: Camps Nazi Concentration Camps
 * What are the names of some of the larger, more infamous concentration camps? Where were they located?**

Jewish Virtual Library Conditions in Nazi Concentration Camps
 * What were living conditions like in concentration camps? (housing, food, forced labor)**

US Holocaust Memorial: Killing Camps
 * What method did the Nazis use to kill Jews in their killing camps? How many Jews were killed with this method?**


 * __Images of the Holocaust:__**

Camp Children in Auschwitz (Poland)

Mass Graves

Camp Prisoner Barracks at Auschwitz (Poland)

(Please choose one photo and reflect on it on your handout.)