World War II: The Holocaust

Today in class we started discussing the Holocaust and it's effects on the world. We also began watching the movie Schindler's List. I feel that this movie does a very good job of making the situations of the Holocaust real for the students.

Topics covered in class today

- kristallnacht

- Gehtto's and their conditions

- Early concentration camps

- Einsatzgruppen

- Extermination Camps

- Final Solution

- Targets

- Jews

- Freemasons

- Catholics

- Homosexuals

- Mentally and physically disabled

Links to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/Holocaust1