Holocaust Flashcards

1
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Definition

A

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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2
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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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3
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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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4
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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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5
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In what country was auschwitz built?

A

Poland

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6
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What was a ghetto?

A

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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7
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What were the Einsatzgruppen?

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A paramilitary death squad of nazi Germany

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8
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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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9
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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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10
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What were standing cells?

A

Small cells that made prisoners do nothing but stand

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11
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What poisonous gas was used at auschwitz?

A

Hydrogen cyanide

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12
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How many inmates were expected to use one toilet?

A

35,000

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13
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What happened at kanada section?

A

Where all the prisoners belongings were sorted and held.

To be used in the war

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14
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By mid 1944 how many people could be killed per day?

A

6000

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15
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How many were killed at auschwitz?

A

1.1 million

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16
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The wooden bunks were originally built for… horses but… people had to stay in them

A

52

1,000

17
Q

1 straw mattress and blanket held… people

A

8

18
Q

What date was dachau set up?

A

March 1933

Up to April 1945

19
Q

How many prisoners were killed at dachau?

A

31,954

20
Q

When was dachau illiterates by the American army?

A

1945

21
Q

Was the gas chamber used a dachau?

A

It was never used to kinder prisoners

22
Q

How did nazi leaders describe dachau?

A

Preventative custody

23
Q

Lost 4 groups of prisoners held at dachau

A

Jews
Homosexuals
Common criminals
Russian and polish

24
Q

Describe 2 medical experiments carried out at dachau

A

Used prisoners as guinea pigs

Autopsy on dead people’s brains

25
Q

Who was Hermann?

A

The highest ranking nazi official.

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

26
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Who was Heydrich?

A

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

27
Q

What was Joseph mengele’s nickname?

A

Angel of death

28
Q

Describe 2 experiments Joseph Mengele carried out.

A

Stitching twins together

Injecting one twin

29
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What happened to Joseph mengele when the war ended?

A

He took a stroke at 78 and died

30
Q

What were ghettos?

A

Segregated areas where jews had to live

31
Q

How many ghettos did the nazis create in Eastern Europe?

A

At least 1,000

32
Q

The nazis used Jews as…

A

Forced labour in their factories.

33
Q

Where was the largest ghetto and how many were there?

A

Warsaw

400,000 in 3.4 square Km

34
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What diseases did people die from at the ghettos?

A

Typhus and deliberate policy of saturated rations

35
Q

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

A

20th January 1942

House of Wansee (a suburb of Berlin)

36
Q

What was the final solution?

A

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

37
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What were the sonderkommandos?

A

Jewish prisoners