Step 2: What is the Holocaust?


United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Introduction

Why We Remember (Try the video; if it does not work, click on the word "transcript" underneath it and read the transcript from the video).

  1. What does the word "Holocaust" mean?
  2. Who is Hitler?
  3. Which groups of people were targeted by German authorities?
  4. What is a concentration camp?
  5. How many people were killed during the Holocaust?
  6. When did World War II end?
  7. Why is it important that we remember The Holocaust?
  8. Describe the pictures in the two videos below. Go beyond "They're in black and white". Think emotions. Think what am I seeing. This can just be a list. It doesn't have to be complete sentences.