Germany: During WWII

Question 1

What happened to Jews after the invasion of Poland?

Answer 1

Jews were forced into ghettoes and made to wear a star of David. Many starved to death.

Question 2

Wannsee Conference

Answer 2

20th January 1942

Question 3

What was decided at the Wannsee conference?

Answer 3

The Final Solution

Question 4

What was the Einsatzgruppen?

Answer 4

Paramilitary death squads responsible for mass shootings of Jews.

Question 5

When was the ‘Final Solution’ in action?

Answer 5

1941-45

Question 6

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 6

June 1941

Question 7

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 7

23 August 1942- 2 February 1943

Question 8

Edelweiss Pirates

Answer 8

1936-
Anti-Nazi slogans
Sheltered deserters
beat up nazi officials

Question 9

White Rose Group

Answer 9

June 1942-

Munich University students published anti nazi leaflets

Question 10

Operation Valkyrie/ July Bomb Plot

Answer 10

July 1944

organised by Stauffenberg to kill Hitler

Question 11

VE day

Answer 11

2nd September 1945

Question 12

Hitler’s ‘death’

Answer 12

30 April 1945

Question 13

Rearmament Of the Rhineland

Answer 13

March 1936