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The map shows the numbers of Jews killed by the Nazis in each country.
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"One day we heard someting that was very disturbing to all of us. We heard for the first time about Auschwitz in Poland. That's where the killing was done. That we would be sent there, and that we...
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"I felt like this can't be happening. Why would it be happening? People acted worse than animals, and it was people I knew. What happens to people to bring something like this on?"—Trude Heller...
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In general the art of all great popular leaders at all times consists in not scattering the attention of a people but rather in concentrating it always on one single opponent. —from Mein Kampf by...
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"I think the Holocaust happened because someone said, 'You're different, you don't belong.' " —High School Student "When our children were young, they always used to ask how come people have...
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Learn the series of events that led to the Holocaust and related events that occurred during this period.. 1933 January 30: Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany. March 5: Hitler receives strong vote...
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Learn key terms from the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism. Acts or feelings against Jews; takes the form of prejudice, dislike, fear, discrimination, and persecution. Aryan. A term used by the Nazis to mean a...
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"The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States during...
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This lesson relates to the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. In this lesson students will define terms and specify how they relate to the Constitution. Students will answer...
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The setting for her first book, Clover, is a peach farm like the one Dori Sanders grew up on. Clover was published in 1990 and immediately became a best-seller. In the story, Clover is a 10-year-old...