Questions About the Holocaust

In class we are reading the book 'Boy in the Striped Pajamas' by John Boyne. It is all about the Holocaust and so, to get a deeper understanding about it we visited a holocaust website (http://www.ushmm.org/)and each of us wrote 10 questions...

1. While the Jews were in Concentration Camps, what did they do in there to work? Besides being slaved? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'Gassing Operations')

2. Germans and their collaborators killed nearly two out of every three European Jews as part of the "Final Solution," What was the "Fianl Solution"? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'The Holocaust')

3. Look at the picture, what message do you think the people are trying to say and why? And also write 5 questions about the picture ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'Antisemitism')

4. Look at this map, Why do you think there were so many major camps in europe? And remember these are only major... Why do you think they need so many camps? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'The Holocaust' then click the 1st image of the map, scroll down to 'Major Nazi Camps in Europe-January 1944')

5. Even though all the prisoners were suffering from starvation and disease, how do you think some managed to survive the camps? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'Liberation of Nazi Camps')

6. Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust. Why do you think so many children and women had to die during the era of the Holocaust? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'Children during the Holocaust')

7. Why do you think the Nazis only pick on the Jews, Gypsies, the disabled, and some of the Slavic peoples; Why not anyone else? Did Hitler have something he didn't like about them? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'The Holocaust')

8. The gas van, a mobile gas chamber surmounted on the chassis of a cargo truck which employed carbon monoxide from the truck's exhaust to kill its victims. Who came up with all of these new ideas of ways to kill people? ~ (Click Holocaust Encyclopedia, after that click 'Einsatzgruppen_mobile killing units')

9. Why do you think Hitler did so many good things to people and their families? Do you think some people beleived/trusted him? ~ (Click Education for students, after that click, 'Nazi rise to Power'... Then click on the 'Election Poster')

10. When was Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor? What year and why do you think he was appointed chancellor? ~ (Click Education for students, after that click, 'Nazi rise to Power'