Holocaust Flashcards
The Holocaust was an attempt by the Germans to get rid of what?
All “inferior races”
Approximately how many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
6 million
When did Hitler come to power? When did continue until?
1933
1945
Who was the second most powerful Nazi?
Heinrich Himmler
Who worked to help Jewish people?
Oskar Schindler
About how many non-Jews were killed?
5 million
There were many concentration camps and sup-camps during the War- A famous one is ________\_____ located in ____
Auschwitz/ Birkenau
Poland
When the war started, what were the Jews forced to wear? Why?
Yellow Star of David with the work Jude written on it
Nazi’s and other could identify them as Jews
What was the events were 90 Jews were killed- temples, synagogues, Jewish businesses, and Jewish cemeteries were set on fire or destroyed?
Kristallnact “Night of Broken Glass”- 2 days
Who were the first victims in the Holocaust?
The disabled
Nuremberg Laws
Basis for the discrimination against Jews
Who was the Holocaust hidden from, until the end of the war?
Allied Powers
“The Nazi party was proclaimed by law to be the only legal _____ party in Germany”
Political
Between 1933 and 1939, how many Jews were emigrated from Germany?
304,500
How many Jewish communities were wiped out during the Holocaust?
5,000
The total number of Jewish people that died represented a ____ of all Jewish people _____ at the time
1/3
Alive
What started WWII? Who was it started by?
The invasion of Poland in September 1939
Germany
What is VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)?
End of World War II and Nazi Germany, May 7th and 8th 1945
What were the different types of camps?
Ghettos, Concentration, forced labor, and extermination
How many kids were killed during the Holocaust?
1.5 million
“The Final Solution”
The Nazi’s plan to exterminate Jewish people during WWII
T/F: Some people believe the Holocaust didn’t happen?
True
What is the word “Holocaust” derived from?
Greek word meaning completely burnt
Who were examples of other who were killed other than the Jews during WWII? (11)
Soviets, Polish Catholics, Serbian, Roma “gypsies”, journalists, teachers, activists, handicaps, homosexuals, alcoholics, Jehovah’s witnesses
Jews people were the _______ for the collapse of ______ after _____
Scapegoat
Germany
WWI
Which country ferried 7,800 Jews from Germany to safety in Sweden? How many Jews were alive after the war?
Denmark (Danish)
99%
What the Germans use the Jews for?
Preform medical experiments on during the Holocaust
More than 250,000 Jews were labeled as “_____” after World War II ended? Where did they live from 1945-1952?
Displaced Persons
Camps and centers in Germany, Austria, Italy while trying to find their families
What were the presiones in Auschwitz given? Why?
Tattoos with numbers so they could be identified
On December 17, 1942, the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union issued the first joint declaration officially noting the mass murder of European Jewry and resolving to prosecute those responsible for violence against civilian populations
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