| Task #9--------Medical Experiments |
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| Jews became targets for gruesome medical experiments by SS doctors. Jews were maimed, disfigured, tortured and put through incredible pain in these experiments, and the majority of them died ghastly deaths. Step back in time and gather information about these atrocities. 1. There are three broad classes of medical experiments done at Dachau. What were they? 2. Why were the freezing/hypothermia experiments carried out on prisoners? 3. Why did Josef Mengele do so many experiments on twins? 4. List three other medical experiments that were carried out on the Jewish prisoners. |
| Josef Mengele, Angel of Death |
| Internet Links...Medical Experiments |
| Josef Mengele Mengele, Angel of Death Jewish Virtual Library--Medical Experiments Medical Experimentation--Twins Medical Experiments--Types Freezing Experiments Lists of Medical Experiments |
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| Task #10--------Children and the Holocaust |
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| It is estimated that 1 1/2 million of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust were children. The number of children who survived is estimated to be in the mere thousands. Here you will investigate the plight of Jewish children during this time period. 1. Why did the Nazis consider children unproductive? 2. What was the fate of most Jewish children? 3. What was Kindertransport? 4. Using the link, Biographies of Children, choose a child and tell what happened to her/him. |
| Internet Links...Children and the Holocaust |
| Children and the Holocaust--USHMM Children--Biographies Children Children and the Holocaust--What Happened to Them? |
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