GGSE 3

Question 1

What was the first solution

Answer 1

To send the Jews to other countries and hitler put Reinhard Heydrich in charge of this

Question 2

When did hitler promise the destruction of Jews in Europe

Answer 2

30th January 1939

Question 3

What happened after the war broke out in 1939

Answer 3

It was difficult to send them away so SS commanders shot many jews as the army advanced through Poland
Heydrich gave up on these plans and ordered Jews to be moved to Poland

Question 4

What were ghettoes

Answer 4

From Oct ‘41 create total confinement for Jews by turning neighbourhoods into prisons
Hoped would deplete Jewish population through starvation, disease and cold. Thousands died. Water contaminated in Warsaw 70,000 died

Question 5

When were the ghettoes raised

Answer 5

1943

Question 6

When did the SS open an extermination camp

Answer 6

December 1941 in Poland

More were opened in 1942

Question 7

When was the final solution planned

Answer 7

20th Jan 1942 leading Nazis met at Wannsee in Berlin to plan the final solution to the Jewish problem led by Heydrich
Wannsee conference

Question 8

Where were the death camps built and where did the Jews come from

Answer 8

In remote areas in Eastern Europe

Jews rounded up from all Nazi controlled Europe Germany, France

Question 9

Auschwitz

Answer 9

Rudolf Höss commander they were told they were being resettled travelled in goods coaches with no toilets many died
When arrived those who didn’t look capable of work were sent to gas chambers

Question 10

Jobs at Auschwitz

Answer 10

Some prisoners jobs were to build parts of the camps were instructed to ‘work them to death’
Many died from exhaustion, starvation, and disease
Those who disobeyed were tortured and shot

Question 11

Aftermath of Auschwitz

Answer 11

Between 3 and 4 million people died in Auschwitz

Nazis tried to destroy evidence by blowing up the camp

Question 12

Who was in charge of transporting Jews to death camps

Answer 12

Adolf Eichmann

Question 13

Concentration camps

Answer 13

Est. 1933 for political opponents after night of long knives control went to SS
Used to warehouse Jews and other undesirables

Question 14

What happened when you arrived at a concentration camp

Answer 14

Stripped of all belongings, valuables, hair, disinfected, given shower and issued stripped uniform

Question 15

What was a typical day at a concentration camp

Answer 15

Began at dawn
Slept in barracks with 300-800 people on slatted bunks of wood 3-4 per bunk. Organised into groups to go to toilet then marched to breakfast which was bread and liquid substitute for tea of coffee
Then sent to work for 10-14 hours in mines, factories etc