People of the Holocaust

Child survivors of Auschwitz

The large scale of the Holocaust makes it difficult to remember that six million is not just a number, it represents individual lives; and all victims of genocide have a story. Martina and Terrance have asked you to research three people by filling out the Victims and Nazi Leaders Personal Profile Template. You will research two Holocaust victims and one of the twenty-four Nazi leaders tried at the Nuremberg trials. You may select any two Holocaust victims to research, but select one of the Nazi leaders from the Nuremberg Trials listed below:

Martin Bormann	Karl Donitz	Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick	Hans Fritzsche	Walther Funk
Hermann Goring	Rudolf Hess	Alfred Jodl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner	Wilhelm Keitel	Gustav Krupp
Robert Ley	Franz von Papen	Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Erich Raede	Joachim von Ribbentro	Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel	Dr. Hjalmar Schacht	Baldur von Schirach
Arthur Seyss-Inquart	Albert Speer	Julius Streicher

Part I: Holocaust Victim Profile

Research and fill out the Holocaust Victim Profile tables for any two vicitims of your choosing.

Name:
Age at the time of the Holocaust:
One personal fact:
Reason for persecution:
What happened to them during the Holocaust? (experiments, sterlization, euthanization, etc.)

Part II: Nazi Leader Profile

Research and fill out the Nazi Leader Profile table for any leader from the list above.

Name:
Age at the time of the Holocaust:
Job in the Nazi regime:
Connection to the Holocaust:
One personal fact:
Punishment or sentence from the Nuremberg Trials:

 

Possible Sources

The following websites may help with your research:

 

Part I: Holocaust Victim Profile	Part II: Nazi Leader Profile
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	Library of Congress
Holocaust Survivor Stories	The Nuremberg Trials Project
Holocaust Survivors and Refugees
Children of the Holocaust
Survivor Stories from the Holocaust

 

Once you have completed your Victims and Nazi Leaders Personal Profile Template, please submit your assignment to the dropbox.