17 questions in "Outbreak of World War II and Anti-Jewish Policy"
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In this Module, we are going to look at the “Outbreak of World War II and Anti-Jewish Policy.” So, first, click on http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/introduction.asp and then click on the left-hand part of the webpage with the title “Outbreak of World War II and Anti-Jewish Policy.” Click on the introduction just below this title on the left-hand side of the page.
1. As you read the introduction, make a list of the ways World War II transformed Europe and world.
Next, click on “The Conquest of Poland and Attacks on Jews” on the left-hand side of the webpage and you should arrive at this page: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/occupation.asp Click on the link terms of an agreement. Your browser should open the following document: http://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205948.pdf
2. What did Germany and the Soviet Union agree to in the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
3. How did the world react to news of the pact?
4. What did the Soviet Union do after Germany invaded Poland?
Return back to http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/occupation.asp
5. How was Poland divided up by Germany and the Soviet Union?
Click on the link Generalgouvernement. Your browser should open the following document: http://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206246.pdf
6. Why did the German government create the General Government and who was its leader?
7. How did the Germans treat the Polish people in the General Government?
8. How did the Germans treat the Jews in the General Government?
Return back to http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/occupation.asp and continue reading.
9. How did the state of war affect what the Nazi government could do?
Read about Heydrich, and then click on the link Reinhard Heydrich. Your browser should open the following document: http://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206366.pdf
10. Who was Reinhard Heydrich? (There is a lot of information in this document, so try to learn the most important details of his life dealing with the Holocaust.)
Return back to http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/occupation.asp and continue reading.
Click on the link Judenräte. Your browser should open the following document: http://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206389.pdf
11. What were the Judenräte and what purpose did they serve? (Again, there is a lot of information in this document, so try to pick out the important details.)
Return back to http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/occupation.asp and continue reading.
12. What were the short-term and long-term goals in Heydrich’s so-called Schnellbrief?
13. What did the Germans do to Polish Jews as they conquered Poland?
Now click on “Expansion of German Conquest and Policy Toward Jews” on the left-hand side of the webpage. Your browser should open to http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/02/expansion.asp
14. What other countries did the Germans capture between September 1939 and June 1941?
15. What did Germany’s allies in Southern and Eastern Europe do with regards to Jews in their country?
16. Why did German anti-Jewish policies differ from country to country and, in particular, in Eastern Europe and Western Europe?
17. What were the ways in which the Germans persecuted Jews throughout Europe?
