1. Name: ________________________________
Mrs. Winfield-Corbett
Date: _________________________________
Social Studies
Web Crawl:
The Holocaust- Concentration Camps
Website: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005263
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Directions: Use the information provided at the website above to assist you in
answering the questions. Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences.
1. What does the term concentration camp refer to?
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2. When were the first concentration camps in Germany established?
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3. Who were the SS?
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4. What was the purpose of detention camps?
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5. Complete the chart below.
Year
Established
Concentration
Camp in
Greater
German Reich
during WWII
1933
Mauthausen

2. 6. Describe how Jews were treated while at the concentration camps. Cite specific
evidence from the website to support your description.
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Write your own caption for each photograph depicted.
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Use the map below to answer question 9 and 10.
9. Which direction
would you have to
travel if you were in
Poland and wanted to
go to Belgium?
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10. Approximately
how many miles is it
from Dachau to
Ravensbrueck?
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