Name_________________________ Date ______________

Task 1: People Responsible

Directions: This task will require you to read and research about the
3 top Nazi officials in charge of removing the Jews and other
undesirables from Nazi Germany and other Axis countries during the
1930s and 1940s. Each Nazi official will have 2 websites for you to
read and gather the information you will need to answer the
questions about each official. PLEASE be sure to read the
information on the websites FIRST, then go back and find the
answers to the questions. The main purpose of this task is for you to
learn about each of the Nazi officials.
Adolf Hitler
1. Date of Birth?
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2. Place Hitler was born (City & Country)?
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3. What was the highest level of formal education that Hitler held?
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4. What types of jobs did Hitler have before becoming Fuhrer of Nazi
Germany? __________
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5. Was Hitler married?______________ If so, to who?
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What year did he get married?_____________ Did Hitler have any
children?____________
6. Did Hitler ever serve in any military service?____________ If so
which one?____________
__________________________ What years did he serve?
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What was the highest rank he earned?

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7. What year did Hitler join the National Socialist German Workers
Party (Nazi for short)
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8. What roles did Hitler have in the Nazi party?
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9. What year did Hitler gain control of Germany?
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10. What year did Hitler decide to kill all Jews and undesirables held
in Nazi controlled
Europe? __________________ What was the plan to kill the Jews and
undesirable called? __________________________________
11. What year did Hitler die?__________ How did he die?
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__________________________ Who was with him?
_______________________________ Heinrich Himmler
1. Date of Birth?
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2. Place Himmler was born (City & Country)?
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3. What was the highest level of formal education that Himmler
held? ___________________
4. What types of jobs did Himmler have before becoming in charge
the SS (Secret Police)
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5. Was Himmler married?______________ If so, to who?

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What year did he get married?_____________ Did Himmler have any
children?_________
6. Did Himmler ever serve in any military service?________ If so which
one?_____________
__________________________ What years did he serve?
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What was the highest rank he earned?
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7. What year did Himmler join the National Socialist German
Workers Party (Nazi for short)
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8. What roles did Himmler have in the Nazi party?
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9. At the end of World War II (WWII) what did Himmler try to do?
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10. Did Himmlers plan succeed?__________ How was he captured?
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____________________________________________ Who captured him?
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11. What year did Himmler die?__________ How did he die?
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Reinhard Heydrich
1. Date of Birth?
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2. Place Heydrich was born (City & Country)?
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3. What was the highest level of formal education that Heydrich
held? ___________________
4. What types of jobs did Heydrich have before becoming Himmlers
second in command?
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5. Was Heydrich married?______________ If so, to who?
_____________________________
What year did he get married?_____________ Did Heydrich have any
children?_________
6. Did Heydrich ever serve in any military service?________ If so which
one?_____________
__________________________ What years did he serve?
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What was the highest rank he earned?
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7. What year did Heydrich join the National Socialist German
Workers Party (Nazi for short)
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8. What roles did Heydrich have in the Nazi party?
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__________________________________________________________________________9.
When and where was Heydrichs plan for the Final Solution
revealed?________________

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10. What year did Heydrich die?___________ How did he die?
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11. What did the Nazis do in retaliation for the death of Heydrich?
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