Genocide Flashcards
What is genocide?
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
What was the Final Solution?
Extermination of Jews
Name the key steps to the Final Solution.
- Jews were discriminated against by Nuremberg Laws
What is ghetto?
an area in which a minority group has to live
What was the first concentration camp called?
Dachau
What happened to people upon arrival at the concentration camps?
women and children were separated from men, belongings were taken, heads were shaved, numbers were tattooed on their forearms, anyone who wasn’t able to work would be killed straight away
What was the aim of the rules at concentration camps?
dehumanise them
What were some prisoners, mainly twins, used for?
medical experiments by Joseph Mengle
How did jews die in concentration camps?
hunger, disease, gas chambers
Why did deportations accelerate in 1944?
Nazis were losing the war and wanted to kill as many jews possible in the time they had left
How many jewish people died during the Holocaust?
Over 6 million
What other groups did Hitler dislike that were sent to concentration camps?
Slavic people, Roma gypsies, LGBTQ+, communists, war prisoners
Who liberated the concentration camps the Nazis couldn’t dismantle?
Soviets, British, Canadian, American and French troops
What did soviets find in the camps?
crematorium ovens, mass graves and unburied piles of corpses
