germany and the holocaust Flashcards
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historical context
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before WWII, Germany had been involved in a number of wars
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economic factors
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failed colonization attempts, the Great Depression
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political factors
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rise of hitler, rise of national socialist German workers party, establishment of a nondemocratic government
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ideologies
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biological determinism (arian race supremacy), creation of great German state, threat of communism
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racial, ethnic, religious divisions
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long history of anti-semitism in the country, anti-jewish laws
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how did WWII begin
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invasion of Poland in 1939
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end of WWII
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1942, the “final solution”
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impacts of the war
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jews from all over Europe were transported to concentration camps in Germany and Poland, over 4 million were killed by the end of the war
