Extermination Camps

Question 1

Jews made up only about __ Of the population. Jews living in Germany saw themselves as an _____ part of Germany, the only difference being their _______.

Answer 1

1%
Integral
Religion

Question 2

True or false

Many German Jews fought for Germany in WW1 it came as a shock that within German society there’d be no place for them.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or false

When WW2 started Jews still had rights

Answer 3

False, they didn’t have any rights

Question 4

Why was it so hard for Jews to leave Germany?

Answer 4

It was very difficult for them to get into other countries. Governments all over the world came up with all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn’t except any refugees.

Question 5

What led to the Holocaust?

Answer 5

Nazi racial policies

Question 6

What was the Holocaust?

Answer 6

The Genocide Of Jewish people in Europe through the deliberate extermination of 6 Million Jews. It was a long process of Anti-Semitism
.

Question 7

6 Million Jews were killed in an effort to completely _____ the Jews.

Answer 7

Annihilate

Question 8

Who led the SS?

Answer 8

Heinrich Himmler

Question 9

What were SS taught?

Answer 9

SS men were taught racial hatred and told to harden their hearts to human suffering. They had to declare absolute obedience and loyalty to the Führer.

Question 10

In 1941, a group of SS men called _________ became special mobile killing squads. Men,women and children were rounded up and shot by firing squads into mass ______.

Answer 10

Einsatzgruppen

Graves

Question 11

What was the Final Solution?

Answer 11

The name for Nazi Germany’s plan for the systematic killing of European Jews. They used the term to refer to their plan of annihilation to disguise the true nature of their crimes.

Question 12

Why did the shooting by firing squads stopped?

Answer 12

Because it was thought to be inefficient and too personal for Nazi killers. Many Einsatzgruppen were psychologically negatively affected.

Question 13

What did they do instead of killings?

Answer 13

Gas chambers

Question 14

Describe the process of the gassing:(4)

Answer 14

1. ) The victims were crowded into cattle trucks and taken to extermination camps.
2. ) Victims were ordered to undress and were forced into gas chambers that were disguised as shower rooms. They were locked inside and a poisonous gas Zyklon B was released into the rooms. They died within 15 minutes.
3. ) After the gassing, everything valuable like rings was taken from their bodies.
4. ) The bodies were pushed into giant ovens.