Holocaust

Question 0

Nuremberg laws-

Answer 0

Series of laws that hitler created in 1935 to take citizenship and rights away from the Jews

Question 1

Holocaust-

Answer 1

Started in 1933 by hitler

Question 2

Genocide-

Answer 2

Mass murder of a racial group

Question 3

Extermination camp-

Answer 3

Where Jews were taken to be executed

Question 4

Labor camps-

Answer 4

Where Jews were sent to work. Sometimes they were worked to death or died of starvation

Question 5

Concentration camps-

Answer 5

Where Jews were taken and held; like a prison.

Question 6

Aushwitz-

Answer 6

Largest camp. Had both extermination and concentration camp. 1.1 million Jews killed

Question 7

Anti-semitism-

Answer 7

Hatred of Jews

Question 8

2 rules in the Nuremberg laws?-

Answer 8

• Jews had to wear gold stars of David and carry ID cards.

- Jews could not marry non Jews

Question 9

When did Germans begin to use gas chambers?

Answer 9

May 1, 1939

Question 10

After Jews were killed what would the Germans do to save space?

Answer 10

Cremate them

Question 11

Concentration camps were used until when?

Answer 11

The allies freed the Jews

Question 12

Russians liberated aushwitz when?

Answer 12

January 1945

Question 13

When did the US liberate buchenwald?

Answer 13

April 11,1945

Question 14

How many Jews total were killed?

Answer 14

5.86 million

Question 15

How many Jews were alive in Europe after ww2?

Answer 15

3.5 million