Holocaust Flashcards
What does holocaust mean
Destruction of a vast group of people (especially jews)
Genocide
Killing off a race of people
Aryan race
Superior german race
Anti-semitism
Hatred of jewish people
Social darwinism
Belief that some races are better than others
Final solution
Nazi plan for the genocide of jews
Nuremberg laws
Took away jew’s german citizenship
Forbade marriage between jews and non-jews
Zyklon B
Gas used in gas chambers
Arbeit macht frei
Work sets you free
Was at the entrance of concentration camps
The great depression
Contributing factor to the start of WW2
3 reasons Nazis hated jews
Blamed for germany’s defeat in ww1
Jewish businessmen were thought to be plotting to take over the world
Believed to be an inferior race
What were jews banned from
Cinemas
Swimming pools
School
Towns
Parks
Night of broken glass
Violent, racist attack on jews
Wannsee conference
Final solution agreed here (1942)
Groups of people in camps
Jews and other religious groups
Gypsies
Communists
Criminals
Political opponents
Camp routine
Bowl and shoes - must for survival
Jobs that kept you alive for longer:
- In toilets - indoors and away from SS guards
- Kanada section - sorting belongings, indoors and chance of finding food
Limited food - bit of whale meat and watery soup
SS guards could beat and kill prisoners
Doctors would experiment on prisoners
Change to Jewish liv3s
Expelled from schools
Sacked from jobs
Banned from leisure activities (sports and cinemas)
Their property was stolen
What happened when jews arrived at auschwitz?
Lost their belongings
Divided by gender
Divided by fit and unfit
Where did the jews sleep
Blocks
What were the Nuremberg trials
Trials of Nazi war criminals
1st time this had been done
