Task #7--------The Final Solution
The Final Solution was the way the Nazis decided to deal with the Jewish problem. This 'Final Solution' would result in the death of over 5 million European Jews. Go behind the front lines and discover how this could be accomplished in a 'civilized world'.

1. What was the Madagascar Plan?

2. Why didn't the process of emigration (leaving Germany) work for the Jews?

3. Describe how the Jews were transported to the death camps.

4. Who was in charge of transporting the Jews to the death camps?
Internet Links...The Final Solution
The Final Solution
The Final Solution--USHMM
Auschwitz and the Final Solution
Task #8--------The Concentration Camps
One of the most challenging assignments you will have in this time travel is to break into the concentration camps and report on them. You will find this assignment extremely unsettling, but the world must know what is happening there. Be careful that you do not end up as one of the victims!

1. Chelmno was one of the first death camps. Describe how the gas vans work.

2. Describe the living conditions at any of the concentration camps.

3. Forced labor is part of the concentration camps. How many hours are prisoners forced to work each day?

4. Describe the food given each day to a prisoner at Auschwitz.

5. How many people will eventually lose their lives at Auschwitz?

6. Using a map, name the six extermination camps that are located in Poland.
Birkenau
Internet Links...The Concentration Camps
Chelmno
Extermination Camps in Poland
The Camps
Auschwitz--USHMM
Auschwitz Alphabet
Living Conditions and Forced Labor
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