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HIS 10: Holocaust: Witnesses and evidence

Year 10 History

What did the Allies know about Nazi plans for the Jewish people?  And how did they respond?

Truth and evidence at the end of Third Reich

  • Death of Hitler and other leaders
  • Death of Mussolini in Italy
  • Return of stolen artifacts and treasures after the War
  • Discovery and liberation of survivors in concentration camps by Allied forces
  • Collapse and destruction of Third Reich infrastructure
  • Evidence, monuments and buildings destroyed
  • Evacuation of camps; death marches
  • Red Cross witnesses
  • Refugees and re-homing of survivors
  • Israeal and Palestine
  • Nuremberg trials and other truths
  • Personal accounts, books, recordings, museums, source material

Documentaries