Learning about our past helps us to succeed in the future by not making the same mistakes as our ancestors.  Our country went to war with Germany in WWII.  One part of WWII was to liberate the concentration camps that held prisoners of Jewish backgrounds because they were thought as being different by the Nazi's.  The significances of the Holocaust can teach us how cruel human kind can be to other nationalities.  It is important to be aware and not forget what happened to the Jewish community in 1939-1945.  By using the website Holocaust museum reflect on the memories of the victim's past and what they went through.  Browse the site and realize that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi's almost wiped out an entire race.  View the site to help you answer the questions below:

1. What is the definition of genocide and list three examples?


2. Looking at the pictures of Jewish inmates in the concentration camps, how were they treated inhumanly?


3. Compare and contrast Jewish Ghetto's to our Ghetto's in America today.


4. Why is it important to teach tolerance and how could you use this site to verify your reasons?