Seventy-five years ago in 1933 Adolph Hitler began his regime in Germany and with that the beginning of what is referred to as the Holocaust - the systematic execution of European Jews. In recent years, some individuals and political groups have been stating that there is evidence to show that the Holocaust did not happen as history has recorded it.

You and a team of reporters have just been hired to gather and print information to show that the Holocaust indeed occurred.  Your team will gather facts and primary source materials to create a Holocaust newspaper. You're working under a tight deadline, and have two weeks to complete your reporting and go to print. Good Luck!

Meet with your team and choose your roles: Historian, photographer, reporter #1, reporter #2, biographer, and editor.

Each team member will visit the site(s) listed in the table below to gather information.

After visiting the sites team members will work together and review the information obtained.
As a team, decide the layout of articles and photos for your newspaper.
The editor makes the final decisions for content and layout.

Your team will create a one page (front and back) newspaper which will
 include a timeline from the historian, a photo essay from the the photographer,  interviews from the reporters and an editorial column from the editor. Microsoft Publisher will be used to create the newspaper.

Learning advice:
Please remember as journalists accuracy is more important than creativity. Maximize accuracy by using several accounts of an event. The potential for bias exists in all reporting. Your coverage should be objective and balanced with the exception of the editorial, which may allow for the expression of personal points of view. Be sure that your reporting uses primary sources of information.

The Historian will visit  these 4 sites:	The History Place Graphical Timeline 1933 through 1945 Timeline Text and Photos	Create a Holocaust timeline to use in the newspaper
The Biographer  will visit  these 6 sites:	Elie Wiesel Biography Foundation for Humanity Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel Bio PBS Elie Wiesel US Holocaust Museum	1. Review the biographical information about Elie Wiesel and take notes (these will be turned in) 2.  Write an original (not copied and pasted!) biographical summary of the author's life.
The Photographer  will visit  these 6 sites:	Holocaust Images Digital Archives Courage to Remember Documents Image Gallery Images from Remember.org	Create a photo journal of chronological events throughout the Holocaust. Be careful of copyrighted materials and cite sources used.
Reporter # 1   will visit these 8 sites:	Testimonial Excerpts Shoah Foundation Movie Clips Oral History Archive Remember Witnesses Video Testimonies  Archive Testimonials E-Mail Survivor	Listen to and/or read  some of the testimonials on these websites and take notes (these will be turned in) Choose two individuals to write about and complete articles about them.
Reporter # 2  will visit these 3 sites: C&C	The People Rescuers Testimony Bystanders	Read the 8 categories of people and take notes (these will be turned in). Create an article giving a short description of each group of people, along with an excerpt from one of the testimonials.
The editor will visit  these 4 sites: editorial return	Museum of Tolerance Witness Testimonials Never Happened? Modern Parallels	Write an editorial column recalling what happens when people forget history (or deny it) and their shared humanity, and give in to ignorance, fear and hate. Using holocaust examples compare them to examples of intolerance today or identify a personal experience with injustice, intolerance or prejudice. Describe the effects it had on the victim, the bystander and the person who commits the act of intolerance. (Click here for help on how to write an editorial)

Judy Starr was the original author of this webquest - Thank you!