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Discuss the role of ordinary citizens in the persecution of Jews in German-occupied Eastern Europe 1939 to 1945
Use the following guide to help you locate information for this essay question. There's lots of information available on this topic. Here's some ideas to get started:
1. Scroll down and look at the Recommended Weblinks - this is a perfect jumping off point to understand this topic
2. This Wikipedia article will give you a basic understanding of the Holocaust, but as you know Wikipedia is not enough to satisfy your requirements for this topic. Check the factual and statistical information you wish to use for accuracy. Particularly look at the information about the countries in Eastern Europe. Scroll to the end of the article and utilise the references for leads to more in-depth online information
3. Check out the SCOOTLE learning path provided for you. These are curriculum based resources.
4. Deeper Dive: Go more in-depth with a search using Google Scholar and/or State Library of NSW. Use the search strategy ideas below to refine your search.
5. Enrich your experience with Podcast and Video content. Some suggestions are at the end of this page.
1. Scroll down and look at the Recommended Weblinks - this is a perfect jumping off point to understand this topic
2. This Wikipedia article will give you a basic understanding of the Holocaust, but as you know Wikipedia is not enough to satisfy your requirements for this topic. Check the factual and statistical information you wish to use for accuracy. Particularly look at the information about the countries in Eastern Europe. Scroll to the end of the article and utilise the references for leads to more in-depth online information
3. Check out the SCOOTLE learning path provided for you. These are curriculum based resources.
4. Deeper Dive: Go more in-depth with a search using Google Scholar and/or State Library of NSW. Use the search strategy ideas below to refine your search.
5. Enrich your experience with Podcast and Video content. Some suggestions are at the end of this page.
Search Strategies
Use the structure of you essay (paragraph subject matter) to search for specific information.
- Ghettos
- Forced labour camps
- The Einsatzgruppen
- Final Solution (extermination camps)
- Eastern Europe (or particular countries in eastern Europe eg Poland)
- World War 2
- Jews / Jewish people
- Collaborators / bystanders / upstanders
Online research: tips for effective search strategies
Watch this video on how to conduct an effect search strategy using Bollean operators, quotation marks and asterisk / star symbol to narrow your results.
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Conduct an online search for academic works:
Use similar search strategies as above. Scan through the results and select only 'full text' articles and .pdfs for further examination. If you are not yet a member of the State Library of NSW you can join here https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/join-us
Recommended Weblinks
United States Memorial Holocaust Museum. View a discussion question on the topic of how and why ordinary people contributed to the persecution of their jewish nieghbours
The Holocaust Encyclopedia
Some where neighbours; Collaboration and Complicity in the holocaust
Vad Vashem: the world holocaust remembrance centre The world centre for documentation and commemoration of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem's Holocaust Resource Center website presents a dozen "gates" or main topics to explore for links to primary sources on the Holocaust.
Holocaust (Modern History Source book)
A teacher's guide to the holocaust An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature
The Holocaust Encyclopedia
Some where neighbours; Collaboration and Complicity in the holocaust
Vad Vashem: the world holocaust remembrance centre The world centre for documentation and commemoration of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem's Holocaust Resource Center website presents a dozen "gates" or main topics to explore for links to primary sources on the Holocaust.
Holocaust (Modern History Source book)
A teacher's guide to the holocaust An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature
Digibooks
Scootle
Scootle is a gateway into resources that are curriculum related. Go to Scootle to access a Learning Path created for this task.
1) Open the Scootle website https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/pin
2) Enter in the PIN number for this learning path FEKIOI
3) Browse, read, listen and view the resources collected for you
1) Open the Scootle website https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/pin
2) Enter in the PIN number for this learning path FEKIOI
3) Browse, read, listen and view the resources collected for you
Podcasts
Videos and interviews
Click on the videos to access and play. Hover over the image for the title and length of the video.