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“The Other Communities of the Holocaust”
In this activity, students complete a research project focusing on a non-Jewish community targeted by Nazi Germany for extermination.
In Chapter 9, Yanek describes other groups of people who were targeted by the Nazi German regime and sent to the concentration camps for forced labor and extermination. In this activity, work with a group to research a particular community and how its members were affected by Nazi German policies. Use the questions below to guide your research and share your findings with the class.
After presenting your information, field questions from the class and briefly discuss the theme ideas of Dehumanization, Good Versus Evil, and The Desire to Survive.
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