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Mobile Killing Units
Allow students to reflect on a range of experiences and stories from the Holocaust in a Big Paper silent discussion.
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English — USSubject
- History
- Social Studies
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- The Holocaust
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Facing History & Ourselves, "Mobile Killing Units", last updated March 21, 2018.
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