WHG: The Holocaust (W.49 & W.50)

Students will complete the attached document.

Students will use the following glossaries for the key terms:

a. USHMM glossary

b. HMH glossary

Students will also answer the following questions:

1. How many death camps (extermination centers, killing centers) were there? What were their names? Rank them according to number of executions performed.

2. How many concentration camps were there?

3. How many ghettos were there?

4. How many perished during the Holocaust?

5. When did the Holocaust begin?

6. How many Jews lived in Europe before the Holocaust began?

7. How many Jews live in Europe today?

8. Identify an anti-Semitic action or event that has taken place within the last year in Europe (Article headline & Date)