Holocaust Flashcards
What does anti-semitism mean?
It’s hate & prejudice towards Jews.
What was Hitler’s political party?
The Nazi Party.
Why did Hitler hate the Jews?
- They took all the good jobs and were rich.
- They put Christ to death 2000 years ago.
- They were not Aryan.
Who else did the Nazis target?
Infertile Woman & non-Aryans
How did Nazis make life difficult for Jews in Germany?
They closed Jewish shops, the Jews couldn’t write books & they couldn’t be farmers.
2 Nuremberg’s Laws.
Germans and Jews couldn’t get married & Jews couldn’t put up the German flag.
Name 2 German Death Camps
Chełmno , Treblinka & Auschwitz
How were people transported to the death camps?
They would put as many Jews as possible into a cattle cart and then they would go of by train.
How were they divided?
The good for work went to left and the useless would go to the right and get killed of.
What was the purpose of the gas chambers & ovens?
For mass murder and burning the bodies.
What were the conditions like in the death camps?
In winter it was very cold in summer it was very hot. They had almost no food and water. They had to work all day without complaining or they would get killed. The beds were sleeping mats made of straw.
