Name ______________________________
“When I came to power, I did not want the concentration camps to become old age pensioners homes,
but instruments of terror.” Adolf Hitler
Station 1: You go your way and I’ll go mine.
During the month of September in 1935, Hitler and the Third Reich created a set of laws: Reich
Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor commonly
known as the Nuremberg Laws. These laws would define who was Jewish and provide guidelines as
to how one was to conduct one’s self.
Click on http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-nurem-laws.htm
Scroll down and read the two laws.
Strict, Jewry. The political police can in such cases only follow the. "The History Place - Triumph of Hitler: The Nuremberg
Laws." The History Place. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2012. <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/trnurem-laws.htm>.
1. After reading those laws, what are your first impressions?
2. Could those laws be effective today? Why or why not?
Station 2: Clean up that broken glass. NOW!
After the Nuremberg laws were passed, Jewish people thought they were safe until the night of
November 8, 1938. Let’s see what happened that night.
Click on http://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-features/special-focus/kristallnacht
Carefully read the information paying close attention to the pictures.
"Kristallnacht: The November 1938 Pogroms." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust
Memorial Council, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2014.
1. Describe Kristallnacht.
2. What would the response be today if something similar to Kristallnacht happened again? Does
your response change if Kristallnacht is in America? Overseas in a foreign country?
Station 3: Work Makes One Free (or does it?)
Over 11 million people including almost all European Jews went to either a concentration camp or an
extermination camp during World War II. Read about one of the most famous ones where a sign that
read “Arbeit Macht Frei” met everyone at the entrance gate.
Click on http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/auschwitz.htm
*warning- some of the descriptions can be upsetting.
Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Auschwitz - A Closer Look at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp." 20th Century History. N.p., n.d.
Web. 18 Jan. 2012. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust
1. What does “Arbeit Macht Frei” mean? How can you explain Arbeit Macht Frei?
2. What was the reason(s) for creating the two camps? What/who did the first camp house?
What/who did the second camp house?
3. Explain the reasoning for two lines. What alternative would you suggest for singling out specific
people?
4. What was the problem with the “showers”? How did Zyklon-B pellets work?
Station 4: Picture this.
These pictures were taken in 1945 after Auschwitz was liberated.
Click on http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/auschwitzpictures.htm
You will have to click on one, view and read the caption. Hit your back button and chose another
picture. Make sure you view all 13 of them.
Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Auschwitz Pictures - A Large Collection of Auschwitz Pictures." 20th Century History. N.p., n.d. Web.
18 Jan. 2012. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/
1.
What did you observe? Using adjective – describe what you saw and your feelings while seeing
this.
Station 5: The Final Solution
On January 20, 1942, 15 high ranking Nazi and German government officials met in the town of
Wannsee to develop a plan on how to deal with the “Jewish problem.” So what’s the answer?
Click http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477
Carefully read the following paragraphs: 4, 5, 7 and 8.
"Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution"." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477>.
1. What is the final solution?
2. What had already been happening to tens of thousands of Jews in the German occupied Soviet
Union?
3. What would serve as a basis for determining who is a Jew?
4. What would happen to able-bodied Jews?
5. What is your opinion of the Wannsee Conference?
Station 6: Your turn
Answer the following questions after you have completed all 5 stations.
Know already about the
Holocaust
Learned about the Holocaust
What questions you now have
about the Holocaust
2. What station did you really enjoy? Why did you enjoy that station?
3. What station did you absolutely hate? Why did you not care for that station?
4. What could you do better on next time?