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Name: _______________________________ Date: _________________ Anne Frank WebQuest Directions: The point of this assignment is to give us some important background information before we start reading The Diary of Anne Frank. Using the links provided, answer the questions that follow each link. Write your answers neatly on the space provided. http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Life-in-Germany/Happy-years/ 1. Where and when was Anne Frank born? 2. How long had the Frank family lived in Germany? http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Life-in-Germany/Emigration-plans/ 3. Why do Anne’s parents decide to leave Germany? 4. Where do they move? http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/The-Nazis-occupy-the-Netherlands/Anti-Jewish-Decrees/ 5. What are some of the restrictions placed on Jews when the Germans take over the Netherlands? http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/The-Nazis-occupy-the-Netherlands/Margot-receives-a-call-up- letter/ 6. What specific event lead the Franks to go into hiding? http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/The-Nazis-occupy-the-Netherlands/Preparations-for-a-hiding- place/ 7. Where do they hide? 8. What do they bring with them? 9. Does anyone else hide with them? http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Not-outside-for-2-years/The-Helpers/ 10. Who helps the Franks? What do they do? Anti-Semitism Questions http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005175 11. What is anti-Semitism? \ 12. How is it a cause for WWII (World War II) http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005202 13. According to Hitler, what is propaganda? 14. How did the Nazis use it to further anti-Semitism? WWII and Holocaust Facts http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143 15. What does the word “holocaust” mean in Greek? 16. Who did the Nazis persecute? 17. How many Jewish people were killed? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005137 18. When did the war begin? 19. How long did it last? 20. Who fought alongside Germany? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005182 21. Was saving victims from Europe a priority? 22. How did the US government handle refugees? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005059 23. Where did the term ghetto come from originally? 24. What were ghettos in WWII? 25. Where was the largest Ghetto in this time? Anne Frank WebQuest: KEY Directions: The point of this assignment is to give us some important background information before we start reading The Diary of Anne Frank. Using the links provided, answer the questions that follow each link. Write your answers neatly on the space provided. http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Life-in-Germany/Happy-years/ 1. Where and when was Anne Frank born? a. Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany. 2. How long had the Frank family lived in Germany? a. The family had lived there for centuries http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Life-in-Germany/Emigration-plans/ 3. Why do Anne’s parents decide to leave Germany? a. Anti-Semitic feelings were growing in Germany 4. Where do they move? a. the family moves to Amsterdam, Holland. http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/The-Nazis-occupy-the-Netherlands/Anti-Jewish-Decrees/ 5. What are some of the restrictions placed on Jews when the Germans take over the Netherlands? a. Jews can no longer run business b. They must wear stars c. They must register d. Separate schools http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/The-Nazis-occupy-the-Netherlands/Margot-receives-a-call-up- letter/ 6. What specific event lead the Franks to go into hiding? a. Margot receives a letter calling her up to a work camp in Nazi Germany http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Not-outside-for-2-years/-The-Secret-Annex/ 7. Where do they hide? o They hide in a secret part of Otto’s business. 8. What do they bring with them? a. They bring only what they can carry. USE THIS TO FIND #9 9. Does anyone else hide with them? a. The Van Pels family hides with them. http://annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Not-outside-for-2-years/The-Helpers/ 10. Who helps the Franks? What do they do? a. The people in hiding are helped by Otto Frank’s four employees: Miep Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler and Bep Voskuijl. b. They bring food and other supplies and news to the people in hiding. Anti-Semitism Questions http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005175 11. What is anti-Semitism? a. Hatred against the Jews 12. How is it a cause for WWII (World War II) a. It led to war because the Nazi leaders in Germany adopted it as their official policy. b. Hitler wrote about Jews being the cause of their problems in his book, Mein Kampf http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005202 13. According to Hitler, what is propaganda? a. “Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people... Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." 14. How did the Nazis use it to further anti-Semitism? a. Nazi messages were successfully communicated through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press. WWII and Holocaust Facts http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143 15. What does the word “holocaust” mean in Greek? a) Holocaust means sacrifice by fire. 16. Who did the Nazis persecute? a. Anyone who was thought to be less than perfect b. Gypsies, Disabled, Jewish, Communist, Slavic People, homosexuals 17. How many Jewish people were killed? a. 6 Million Jews http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005137 18. When did the war begin? a. 1939 19. How long did it last? a. 6 Years 20. Who fought alongside Germany? a. Italy and Japan http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005182 21. Was saving victims from Europe a priority? a. No 22. How did the US government handle refugees? a. They made it difficult for them to obtain visas to stay. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005059 23. Where did the term ghetto come from originally? o The Jewish Quarter in Venice in the 1500s. 24. What were ghettos in WWII? a. Enclosed cities where Jews were forced to live under miserable conditions 25. Where was the largest Ghetto in this time? a. Warsaw, Poland .