Holocaust

Question 1

group of 25 nations led by Great Britain, US, Soviet Union that opposed the Axis partners (Germany, Italy, Japan) in WW II

Answer 1

Allies

Question 2

prejudice or discrimination against Jews – dislike, fear, and persecution of Jews

Answer 2

Anti-semitism

Question 3

forced removal of Jews in Nazi-occupied countries from their homes

Answer 3

Deportation

Question 4

Nazi plan for physical destruction of all of Europe’s Jewish population

Answer 4

Final solution

Question 5

deliberate, systematic murder of an entire political, cultural, racial, or religious group

Answer 5

Genocide

Question 6

Adolf Hitler’s autobiography, written during his imprisonment in 1924 – details his plans to make Europe judenrein (Jew-free)

Answer 6

Mein Kampf – (My Struggle)

Question 7

organized violence against Jews, often with government support

Answer 7

Pogram

Question 8

abbreviation for Schutzstaffel, the black-shirted elite guard of Hitler, later political police in charge of the concentration and death camps

Answer 8

SS

Question 9

ancient religious symbol (hooked cross) that became the official symbol of the Nazi Party – now banned in Germany, the swastika is still used by neo-Nazis around the world

Answer 9

Swastika

Question 10

Nazi name for Germany and the occupied territories from January 1933 to April 1945

Answer 10

Third Reich

Question 11

six-pointed Star of David, a Jewish symbol that the Nazis forced Jews above the age of 6 to wear as a mark of shame and to make Jews visible. In the Netherlands, the star carried the word Jood, meaning Jew – from May 1942 until she went into hiding, Anne Frank wore a yellow star

Answer 11

Yellow Star