Genocide and the holocaust

Question 1

Genocide

Answer 1

The attempt to eliminate entire peoples, or religious or ethnic groups

Question 2

Examples of genocide

Answer 2

• The holocaust
• Rwanda 1990s
• Cambodia 1990s

Question 3

Dehumanisation

Answer 3

Treating people as though they are somehow less than human

Question 4

The holocaust

Answer 4

The genocide of European Jews and others during WW2
- this resulted in the extermination of 6 million Jews by nazis during WW2.

Question 5

2 evidence of the holocaust (primary)

Answer 5

• letters and diaries were written by both victims and perpetrators
• archaeological excavations of concentration camps and other sites is ongoing

Question 6

2 evidence of holocaust (secondary)

Answer 6

• documentary series have been made about the holocaust including ‘the world at war’ in the 1970s
• fiction and nonfiction books, films, and television series attempted to tell the story.