The Holocaust


This course is designed to show the history of Antisemitism throughout Europe and how this led to what is now known as the Holocaust during the 1930s and early 1940s. 

Topics will include:
  • The conditions that allowed the Nazi party to rise to power.
  • The development of the Nazi party.
  • Initial persecution of groups targeted by the Nazis during the period.
  • Methods of persecution.
  • Analysis of the timeline and intensity of persecution.
  • The end of the Holocaust and post-Holocaust action.
  • Research and analysis of other genocides of the past century.
  • If time allows we will examine several survivor stories.
  • We will also read Trapped in Hitler’s Hell by Anita Dittman as part of this course.
Commonly used websites:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Course Syllabus:
holocaust_syllabus.pdf
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Useful Links
Today's Meet Link 1st Hour
Today's Meet Link 5th hour
Rise of the Nazi Party Worksheet Link
Ghetto Research Interactive
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Link
Nazi Propaganda
Kristallnacht Project Link
Einsatzgruppen Worksheet
Link to Death Camp information
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Living Conditions, Labor, and Executions
Medical Experiments
Aftermath Online Worksheet
Concentration Camp Research Links:
Jewish Virtual Library
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
How to cite this project
USHMM Early Warning Project
Genocide Early Warning Map
Potential Genocide in Myanmar
New Feature!  Mr. Richters will now provide summarized reviews of daily topics and homework assignments on this page!  

Holocaust 1 and 5:
1/4/16: Students will read through an online article about the aftermath of the Holocaust and answer questions relating to the reading.

1/5/16: Students will complete the online reading and we will discuss the key concepts from the reading.

1/6/16: We will discuss the legal proceedings relating to the punishment of perpetrators from the Holocaust.  Students will watch a documentary on the Nuremberg Trials.

1/7/16: Lecture on Holocaust deniers and revisionists.

1/8/16: Students will examine readings relating to rising anti-Semitism in Europe today.

​1/11/16-1/18/16: Students will watch the film Schindler's List.
The Holocaust and Current Events
The following articles are articles that I have found that can/will relate to some part of our discussions during the course.  I would encourage my students to suggest articles to me if they find any on their own.

Archaeologists uncover buried gas chambers at Sobibor death camp
93-Year-Old Former Auschwitz Guard Charged
Arizona GOP official resigns after controversial comments (This article will be used to examine our cultural reaction to the idea of forced sterilization.)
Nazi Train Possibly Found in Poland