Chapter 8 - Holocaust

Question 1

What occurred 1st September 1939?

Answer 1

WORLD WAR II began

Question 2

What occurred 2nd September 1945?

Answer 2

WORLD WAR II ended

Question 3

How many Jews were killed between 1939 and 1945?

Answer 3

6 million

Question 4

Who were the Jews?

Answer 4

People of which believed in only one God, and followed the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)

Question 5

In June 1933, how many Jews were in Germany?

Answer 5

About 0.75% of Germany’s population - total pop of Germany = 67 million

Question 6

What was a typical Aryan?

Answer 6

• light brown or blonde hair
• light coloured eyes
• fair skinned (light)
• mothers were devoted to motherhood
• males - strong and fit

Question 7

Define proportional representation

Answer 7

Proportional Representation:​a voting system in which every party that gains votes gets seats in parliament in proportion to the number of votes people cast for it, this can mean that votes are divided among so many parties that no one party gets majority of votes.

Question 8

Define NSDAP party

Answer 8

National Socialist Duetsche Arbeit Party, aka National Socialist German Workers Party (known as Nazi Party)

Question 9

Define Chancellor

Answer 9

2nd top position in Germany Politics - top is President

Question 10

Define Fuhrer

Answer 10

Mixed position of Chancellor and President that Hitler created, it is the highest role of Germany

Question 11

Define treaty of Versailles

Answer 11

Treaty of Versailles:​The agreement that the UN placed upon Germany for beginning WW1, including restrictions against German military, land and weapons to stop another war occurring.

Question 12

Define Sub Human

Answer 12

Sub­Human:​included Slavic people (such as Russians, Poles and Serbs) and people of which Hitler did not approve of, but were useful as slave labour.

Question 13

“Those unworthy of life”

Answer 13

“Those Unworthy of Life”:​included criminals, homosexuals, the mentally ill, gypsies and especially Jews.

Question 14

How did antisemitism begin?

Answer 14

​o J​esus was a Jew, and after the crucifixion of Jesus, an interpretation of the Gospels stated that
“the Jews killed Jesus”
o​T​he early Christian Church portrayed the Jews as the devil, murderers of God and unwilling to
accept the Word of the Lord
o​F​or centuries, State and Church laws restricted Jews from owning land and holding public offices
o​T​hus forcing them into operations such as commerce, money lending and trade
o​J​ews were blamed for many things throughout history, such as the Black Plague

Question 15

What were the views on Jews according to Nazi beliefs?

Answer 15

• sickness
• communism
• capitalism
• evil
• social injustice
• source of all evil

Question 16

How did Nazis remove inferior?

Answer 16

• euthanasia - mercy killing
• concentration camps
• boycotting Jewish business and stores
• anti-semitism laws
• restrictions on jobs for Jews
• sterilisation of women and men - stops children being born

Question 17

Why didn’t Jews just leave Germany?

Answer 17

­• it is not an easy decision to leave behind ones family and home, to try live somewhere else
­ •not many countries that will take in Jews due to awful reputation and rumours
­• not much money

Question 18

What does Kristallnaght mean in German?

Answer 18

Night of broken glass

Question 19

When did Kristallnaght occur?

Answer 19

Night of 9th November 1938 and early morning of 10th November 1038 - 24 hours

Question 20

What was Kristallnaght?

Answer 20

Series of Nazi organised pogroms that, on the night of 9 November 1938, unleased 24 hours of violence in cities throughout Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland

Question 21

What happened on Kristallnaght?

Answer 21

Nazi military groups attacked Jews with sledgehammers and axes

Question 22

What occurred on the 30th January 1030?

Answer 22

Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany