Final

Question 1

Types of antisemitism and examples

Answer 1

Religious “blood Libels and Christ killers”
Racial “Jewish blood is inferior”
Anti Zionist “bds movement (Ernst zundel)”
Holocaust Denial “holocaust denial books being published”

Question 2

Protocols of the elders of Zion

Answer 2

Book about Jewish conspiracy to take over the world

Question 3

World War One (date and sides)

Answer 3

1914-1918
Triple Entente: Britain USA Canada France Russia
Enemy: Germany

Question 4

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 4

Germany lost the war
Germans had to: 
1) Pay compensation to France. 
2) Lost Land. 
3) Reduce the size of its army and navy. 
This Led to poverty in Germany.

Question 5

Consequence of the treaty of Versailles on the German economy

Answer 5

Led to poverty, unemployment and inflation (they ran off money)
They blamed the Jews.

Question 6

Consequences of the treaty of Versailles on the German ideology.

Answer 6

Germans created extremist political parties like communism and facism. They were fixated on war

Question 7

Great Depression (Date And Consequence on Germany)

Answer 7

1929 stock market crashed

Germany became even more politically extreme and even more POOR

Question 8

Adolf hitler is elected (date and details)

Answer 8

1933. Hitler is elected in a democratic election. He became der führer and eliminated all other parties with the enabling act.

Question 9

Initial laws that Hitler Implemented for Jews

Answer 9

Expelled from civil services
Boycott Jewish business
No Jews in media
No dogs, no pools, no parks

LATER ON
kicked out of their homes and had to live in the ghetto and wear the yellow star.

Question 10

1000 year Reich

Answer 10

The Nazi government claimed they’d rain for 1000 years

Question 11

Public book burnings

Answer 11

Anything written by or about Jews was burned

Kristallnacht 1938

Question 12

Policy of appeasement

Answer 12

In 1919 WW1 ended
North American countries became isolationist and didn’t want to have a European war
Many countries were happy so long as Germany didn’t attack them
They signed non aggression pacts with the Nazis.

Question 13

Nuremberg laws (date and details)

Answer 13

1935

1) stripped German Jews of citizenship
2) Jews can’t marry German non Jews
3) Jews cannot hire German women under 45 year old
4) punishable with prison sentence

Question 14

Kristallnacht (date and details)

Answer 14

The night of broken glass in November 1938
Jews were killed, shops were looted and Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Jews had to pay millions for damages

Question 15

Evian conference (date and goal)

Answer 15

1938. Countries all grouped up to decide what to do with Jewish refugees that wanted to flee from Germany. Close to No one took Jews.

Question 16

Judenrein

Answer 16

Cleansed of jews. Germans wanted to eliminate all their Jews. They forced Jews to stay in Dachau

Question 17

Euthanasia program

Answer 17

Before 1939 Nazis murdered Germans who were undesirable (handicapped or disabled)

Question 18

World War Two dates and Sides

Answer 18

1939-1945
Allies - Canada USA Britain Russia (USSR) France
Axis- Germany Japan Italy

Question 19

What was the deal with Vichy France world war 2

Answer 19

They corroborated with the Nazis

Question 20

Poland is attacked

Answer 20

Germany instantly takes over Poland. It was called a Blitzkreig (lightning attack)

Question 21

Main causes of death in the ghetto

Answer 21

Starvation and disease. 1/3 Jews died in the ghetto

Question 22

Smuggling in the ghetto

Answer 22

Smuggling was very important. People had to fake accents and it mainly women as they didn’t have a circumcised penis.
Food medicine weapons information money

Question 23

Judenraat

Answer 23

Jewish council in the ghetto

Question 24

Spiritual resistance in the ghetto

Answer 24

Shuls in the ghetto
Orphanages school and theatre in the ghetto
Sukkot and Bar mitzvahs
Newspapers
Youth groups

Question 25

Physical resistance in the ghetto

Answer 25

Jews smuggled guns into the ghetto and fought back

Question 26

Nazis attack USSR

Answer 26

Nazis invaded USSR. Big mistake. Operation Barbossa.

They had already signed a non aggression pact. Russia is enormous and cold and Nazis had to split up the troops

Question 27

Einsatzgruppen

Answer 27

Mobile killing units

Shot Jews. Made them remove valuables and dig graves

Question 28

Wannsee Conference (date and details)

Answer 28

Wanted conference of 1942 was to decide upon the final solution for the Jews. It was devised by Adolf Eichman. They decided to kill all Jews.

Question 29

Concentration camps

Answer 29

Dehumanizing and terrorized people.
Starved and forced labour
Re education and medical experiments.

Question 30

Medical experiments

Answer 30

They would run dangerous medical experiments on Jews. Mainly twins. Doctor Mengele Was obsessed with twins.

Question 31

Death camps

Answer 31

Zyklon B in gas chambers.

Question 32

Sonder Kommando

Answer 32

Sonder kommando had to remove dead bodies from gaz chambers.

Question 33

Denmark and righteous gentiles

Answer 33

Righteous gentiles - non Jews who saved Jews during the holocaust

Denmark - the entire country were righteous gentiles - King Christian