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Year 9
The Holocaust in context
I can explain what was distinctive about the Holocaust.
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Year 9
The Holocaust in context
I can explain what was distinctive about the Holocaust.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The Holocaust involved the deliberate murder of around 6 million European Jews.
- Nazi ideology held that Jewish people were racially inferior and a threat.
- The Holocaust represented an attempt to murder all Jews.
- The Holocaust is distinct from other genocides and other instances of Nazi persecution.
Keywords
Genocide - the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a particular national, racial, ethnic or religious group
Holocaust - the murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators
Collaborator - a person or group who works together with others for a particular purpose
Mortal enemy - a very serious and dangerous person or group who oppose or want to harm you
Perpetrator - someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act
Common misconception
The Holocaust was confined to Germany.
The Nazis and their collaborators murdered 6 million Jews from across Europe and aimed to eliminate Jews from the entire continent.
Students may attempt to answer Task B in terms of value judgements (i.e. 'the Holocaust was worse than...'). Instruct students to avoid subjective responses and to focus instead on the actual behaviour and intentions of the perpetrators instead.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is a mortal enemy?
a person or group who support or want to help you
a person or group who have no interest in what you're doing
Q2.
Which war began in 1939?
Boer War
Russo-Japanese War
World War One
Q3.
In which year did WW2 end?
Q4.
Which of the following countries fought alongside Germany in WW2?
Britiain
USA
Q5.
Which political party gained power in Germany in 1933?
Communists
Conservatives
Liberals
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Write the missing word. A is the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a particular national, racial, ethnic or religious group.
Q2.
What alternative name is the Holocaust known by?
Q3.
Roughly how many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
Q4.
How did perpetrators of the Holocaust often treat Jewish children?
Abducted them to grow up in Germany
Forced them to fight in the German army
Converted them to another religion
Q5.
Which of the following countries saw the highest proportion of its Jewish population killed during the Holocaust?
Britain
France
Germany
Hungary
Q6.
Write the missing word. As well as racially inferior, the Nazis considered Jews to be their mortal...
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