Gypsies: 1. Who were the Sinti and Roma Gypsies? 2. Why were they persecuted? 3. Find one story about a Gypsy that was persecuted. What happened to them? What happened to their family? 4. Approximately how many Gypsies perished during the Holocaust? 5. Find one more interesting fact to share with the class.
Poles 1. Who were the Poles? 2. Why were they persecuted by the Nazis? 3. Find one story about a Pole that was persecuted. What happened to them? What happened to their family? 4. Approximately how many Poles perished during the Holocaust? 5. Find one more interesting fact to share with the class.
Handicaps 1. Who classified as handicapped? 2. Why were they persecuted by the Nazis? 3. Find one story about a handicapped person that was persecuted. What happened to them? Was their family held accountable too? 4. Approximately how many handicaps perished during the Holocaust? 5. Find one more interesting fact to share with the class.
Homosexuals1. Why were the Homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis? 2. Find one story about a homosexual person that was persecuted. What happened to them? 3. While in the concentration camps, how were the homosexuals treated? 4. Approximately how many homosexuals perished during the Holocaust? 5. Find one more interesting fact to share with the class.
Jehovah's Witnesses1. Why were they persecuted by the Nazis? 2. Find one story about a Jehovah's Witness that was persecuted. What happened to them? 3. Approximately how many Jehovah's Witnesses perished during the Holocaust? 4. What was it like in the camps for Jehovah's Witnesses? How were they treated by other prisoners and the Nazis? 5. Find one more interesting fact or story to share with the class.
Minorities 1. Who classified as a minority? 2. Why were they persecuted by the Nazis? 3. Find one story about a minority person that was persecuted. What happened to them? 4. Approximately how many minority persons perished during the Holocaust? 5. Find one more interesting fact or story to share with the class.
Persons of Interest
Adolf Hitler 1. Who was Adolf Hitler? 2. What were his beliefs about persons who were not of the "Aryan Race"? 3. What was his childhood like? 4. Briefly discuss how Hitler rose to power. 5. What happened to Hitler after the war? Explain.
Heinrich Himmler1. Who was Himmler? 2. What were his beliefs about persons who were not of the "Aryan Race"? 3. How was Himmler a key player during the Holocaust? 4. After Germany lost the war, did Himmler feel any remorse for what he had done? Explain. 5. What happened to Himmler after the war?
Josef Mengele 1. Who was Josef Mengele? 2. What role did he play during the Holocaust? 3. Explain some of the "work" Josef did in the concentration camps. 4. Look up C.A.N.D.L.E.S. What is this organization? What does it have to do with Dr. Mengele? 5. Find another interesting or disturbing fact about Mengele AKA The Angel of Death to share with the class.
Oskar Schindler 1. Who was Oskar Schindler? 2. What role did he play in the Holocaust? 3. How did he work to save so many Jews? 4. What happened to Schindler after the war? 5. Find another interesting fact about Schindler to share with the class.
Raoul Wallenburg 1. Who was Wallenburg? 2. What role did he play during the Holocaust? 3. Explain Wallenburg's method of saving the Jews. 4. What happened to Wallenburg? 4. Find one more interesting fact to share with the class about Raoul.