CoreAssessment

Question 1

Give one reason why the nazis hated Jewish people

Answer 1

1. They believed that they were taking their money + jobs, leaving them unemployed
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Question 2

What is the word used to define anti-Jewish discrimination?

Answer 2

Antisemitism

Question 3

Give one example of how the lives of Jews changed when the Nazis came to power in 1933.

Answer 3

1. Boycotts on Jewish-owned shops
2. Banned from government jobs + teaching jobs (many became unemployed)
3. They had to wear yellow Star of David to indicate they were a Jew to other germans

Question 4

Name one group, other than the Jews who were targeted by the Nazis.

Answer 4

Racial enemies eg Roma and sinti, black people
Political opponents of nazis eg communists, Jehovah’s witnesses, soviet prisoners of war
People with disabilities
Gay men and lesbians
Polish people

Question 5

What is meant by the term Final Solution?

Answer 5

The final solution was a nazi plan for the genocide of Jews during World War Two, with the aim being to murder every Jew within reach

Question 6

Where and when was the decision made about the Final Solution?

Answer 6

The Wannsee conference, January 20, 1942

Question 7

Describe one thing done to Jewish people upon their arrival at the camps.

Answer 7

1. They were stripped
2. They were forced to have their head shaved
3. They were forced to shower

Question 8

How were most prisoners transported to the camps?

Answer 8

Usually by train, or cattle trucks

Question 9

Name the concentration camp which became the center of Nazi attempts to exterminate the Jews.

Answer 9

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Question 10

What happened to those Nazi leaders who were captured at the end of the war?

Answer 10

They stood trial at Nuremberg Trials for crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes.