The Holocaust: how persecution grew into genocide, and how the world remembers

Grade 10 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

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   Card A (1942 to 1944): "Anne Frank's diary". Who made it: Anne Frank, a Jewish girl born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929. For whom: herself at first; later, readers around the world. Why: to record her days while the family was in hiding. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Anne kept a diary while her family hid for two years in a secret apartment behind her father's former office in Amsterdam. On August 4, 1944, the family and four others hiding with them were discovered. Her father, Otto, the only member of the family who survived, worked to get the diary published. Context (what else was happening): Germany occupied the Netherlands; in early 1942 it began preparing to deport the country's Jews. Limits (what this source cannot tell us): It is one girl's account from inside a hiding place. It cannot show what happened across Europe. Card B (1944): "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe". Who made it: Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish lawyer. For whom: lawyers and governments. Why: to name attempts to destroy whole peoples, so they could be outlawed. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Lemkin coined the word genocide in 1942 (the United Nations dates it to this 1944 book; sources differ) and first used it in print in this 1944 book. In 1948 the Genocide Convention made genocide an international crime. Context (what else was happening): World War II was still being fought. Limits (what this source cannot tell us): It names the crime. A word alone could not stop it. Card C (1980 and 1993): "US Holocaust Memorial Museum". Who made it: the US Congress, which chartered the Museum by a unanimous vote. For whom: Americans and visitors from around the world. Why: to remember the Holocaust and to teach about it. Summary in our words, not a quotation: Congress chartered the Museum in 1980, and it was dedicated in 1993. Congress also set up Days of Remembrance, the nation's yearly commemoration of the Holocaust. The Museum reports some 50 million visitors. Context (what else was happening): The Museum was dedicated 48 years after the war in Europe ended. Limits (what this source cannot tell us): It shows how one nation chose to remember. Below the strip: Facts are from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the main ones were checked against a second source. The diary is described in our words, not quoted.

3. 1.

   By card A, where did Anne Frank's family hide, Ari asks?

   • At a school in Britain
   • Aboard a fishing boat bound for neutral Sweden
   • Behind her father's old office in Amsterdam
   • Inside the Warsaw ghetto
4. 2.

   When were the Franks discovered, by card A, Bo asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 1942
   • January 20, 1942
   • June 12, 1929
   • August 4, 1944
5. 3.

   Who coined the word genocide, by card B, Jun asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish lawyer
   • The US Congress, in its 1980 unanimous vote
   • Otto Frank
   • Anne Frank
6. 4.

   How many years passed from Lemkin's book (1944) to the Genocide Convention (1948), Kira asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 14 years
   • 4 years
   • 3,892 years
   • 6 years
7. 5.

   Why did Lemkin coin a new word, by card B, Luz asks?

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   • To title a diary
   • To name a new museum
   • To name attempts to destroy whole peoples
   • To describe a single battle of World War II
8. 6.

   How many years after the war in Europe ended (1945) was the Museum dedicated, Milo asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 58 years
   • 35 years
   • 48 years
   • 38 years
9. 7.

   Which card best shows one person's experience, Pia asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Card C, the Museum
   • No card; it was not written down
   • Card A, Anne Frank's diary
   • Card B, Lemkin's book
10. 8.

    Why do people still read diaries like Anne Frank's, Ren asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • They show the Holocaust through one life
    • They show that hiding was safe
    • They were written after 1993
    • They replace the need for any other sources
11. 9.

    A note says, 'Genocide became an international crime in 1944.' What fix does Tala make?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Keep 1944; it is right
    • Change 1944 to 1993
    • Change 1944 to 1948
    • Change 1944 to 1942
12. 10.

    Which claim about remembering is careful, Zee asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Lemkin's new word, genocide, stopped the Holocaust in 1944
    • Diaries, laws and museums each keep the history alive
    • The world forgot after 1945
    • Remembrance began in 2020