The Holocaust Hunt

Ms. Kwiatkowski

7th Grade

WHMS

Introduction: Your mission is to gain background knowledge about the Holocaust. You will use the internet to search for valuable information. In this hunt you will explore basic questions about the Holocaust. The answers will be found within the web sites listed below the questions. Write your answer to each question after it and record the web sited used.

Questions:

1. What was the Holocaust? When did it occur?

2. Who was Adolf Hitler?

3. What was the Final Solution? Who developed this plan and why?

4. What were Extermination Camps and Concentration Camps? Name five of them.

5. What was the largest killing center during the Holocaust?

6. Besides the Jewish population being the primary victim, who else was targeted by the Nazi Party?

7. What were the Ghettos? Name two Ghettos?

8. Describe the conditions in a ghetto.

Clues (Web Sites)

Jewish Virtual Library: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html

Holocaust Encyclopedia: www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

The Holocuast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust