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Holocaust Flashcards

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Definition

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The systematic, bureaucratic inhalation of six million Jews by the nazi regime and their collaborators as a central act of state during wwll

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The persecution of Jews had happened…

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Through out history - there had always been anti-Semitic feelings against Jews.

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In Germany there was a belief that Jews where greedy.

Why?

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They were money lenders and they were to blame for Germany losing the war

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What was one of the reasons hitler didn’t like Jews?

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He applied for an art school but was refuse a place. The professor of the art collage was a Jew.

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In what country was auschwitz built?

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Poland

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What was a ghetto?

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Part of a city which members of a minority group live as a result of social, legal or economic pressure.
The term was used to describe where Jews were restricted to.

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What were the Einsatzgruppen?

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A paramilitary death squad of nazi Germany

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What message was on the main entrance gate of auschwitz?

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Work sets you free

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What was a disadvantage of using Einsatzgruppen?

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It was a waste if ammunition

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What were standing cells?

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Small cells that made prisoners do nothing but stand

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What poisonous gas was used at auschwitz?

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Hydrogen cyanide

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How many inmates were expected to use one toilet?

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35,000

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What happened at kanada section?

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Where all the prisoners belongings were sorted and held.

To be used in the war

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By mid 1944 how many people could be killed per day?

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6000

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How many were killed at auschwitz?

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1.1 million

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The wooden bunks were originally built for… horses but… people had to stay in them

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52

1,000

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1 straw mattress and blanket held… people

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8

18
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What date was dachau set up?

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March 1933

Up to April 1945

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How many prisoners were killed at dachau?

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31,954

20
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When was dachau illiterates by the American army?

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1945

21
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Was the gas chamber used a dachau?

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It was never used to kinder prisoners

22
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How did nazi leaders describe dachau?

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Preventative custody

23
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Lost 4 groups of prisoners held at dachau

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Jews
Homosexuals
Common criminals
Russian and polish

24
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Describe 2 medical experiments carried out at dachau

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Used prisoners as guinea pigs

Autopsy on dead people’s brains

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Who was Hermann?

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The highest ranking nazi official.

He was second in command to hitler and he instructed Heydrich to come up with the final solution.

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Who was Heydrich?

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A high ranking nazi official and a main architect of the holocaust . He came up with the final solution of gassing the Jews.
He was later assassinated

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What was Joseph mengele’s nickname?

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Angel of death

28
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Describe 2 experiments Joseph Mengele carried out.

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Stitching twins together

Injecting one twin

29
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What happened to Joseph mengele when the war ended?

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He took a stroke at 78 and died

30
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What were ghettos?

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Segregated areas where jews had to live

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How many ghettos did the nazis create in Eastern Europe?

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At least 1,000

32
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The nazis used Jews as…

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Forced labour in their factories.

33
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Where was the largest ghetto and how many were there?

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Warsaw

400,000 in 3.4 square Km

34
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What diseases did people die from at the ghettos?

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Typhus and deliberate policy of saturated rations

35
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When and where did the nazis meet for the final solution?

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20th January 1942

House of Wansee (a suburb of Berlin)

36
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What was the final solution?

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To establish special death camps to execute Europe’s Jewish population by gas/death camps

37
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What were the sonderkommandos?

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Jewish prisoners

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