The Holocaust
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Objective
I can describe the key events and impact of the Holocaust.
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Warm-up video
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · 4:42
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis imprisoned millions of people in various sites, many of which were called camps.
- 2
Besides concentration camps, the Nazis also established forced-labor camps, transit camps, and killing centers.
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The five killing centers, created to murder European Jews, were Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Practice
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What event marked the beginning of the Holocaust, as discussed in the video?
Which of the following groups were NOT targeted by the Nazis during the Holocaust?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe two different types of camps the Nazis created during the Holocaust and what purpose each served.”
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