Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia is the first website you are going to visit. It should broaden your basic knowledge of the Holocaust by providing statistics and fact based information about some of the key events, people, places, organizations and dates involved. At the top of the main page, there is a clickable hyperlinked table of contents that will take you to the part of the page where that information is located. Below are the sections Of the site that I would like you to pay particular attention to. To guide your research, each of the sections I listed have questions I would like you to be able to answer by the time this part of the WebQuest is complete. However, please do not limit your research only to these questions. You have the entire class period to explore this site, so please use this time to absorb as much of this information as you can. Anything underlined and in blue is a hyperlink which will provide you with more information about that key word. Do use this tool, as it gives you more in depth information than the original articles. 3: VictimsRoma (Gypsies)
Besides Jews, what other groups were targeted, tortured, and killed during the Holocaust? Make a list, defining the groups whose names/labels you are unfamiliar with, by clicking on the link.
5: Execution of the Holocaust
(Death March)Summarize each of the different stages that occurred as the Holocaust progressed through time; for each stage make sure you know the time frame it occurred in, the names of crucial people involved or famous places the events occurred in, and the challenges victims faced/what they were put through in each time and location, and if applicable- justifications/excuses as to why these events were transpiring.
6: Resistance and Rescuers
(ZOB document)
Read this section, and take notes on these questions-
- What were the ZOB and the ZZW? Why were each of them formed? Who were their leaders? What were some of the feats of each?
- What countries actively resisted the directives of Nazi Germany during WW II? In what ways did they contribute to the resistance/rescuing of victims?
- Who were some of the individuals noted for aiding in the resistance/rescuing of victims? Pick two people and describe their personal efforts more in depth
8: Historical and Philosophical Interpretations
(Hitler's Novel-Mein Kampf)- What are the theories on why people were so complaint with the orders of genocide and experimentation that occurred during the Holocaust?
- What are "the boiling frog" and "herding" and how did they contribute to events of the Holocaust?
- What position do functional theorists hold about the Holocaust? What about Intentional theorists?
- How did religion play a role in the hatred for the Jews?
- What influential authors fueled the minds of the German population? What were the central themes in each of each of their books?
- What are the viewpoints of the several philosophers and historians mentioned in the article? what theories do they feel support their arguments?
13: See Also
- what does the term Rhineland Bastard mean? When does it date back to? How were the people with this label affected by the Holocaust?
