Holocaust Flashcards
Definition
The systematic, bureaucratic inhalation of six million Jews by the nazi regime and their collaborators as a central act of state during wwll
The persecution of Jews had happened…
Through out history - there had always been anti-Semitic feelings against Jews.
In Germany there was a belief that Jews where greedy.
Why?
They were money lenders and they were to blame for Germany losing the war
What was one of the reasons hitler didn’t like Jews?
He applied for an art school but was refuse a place. The professor of the art collage was a Jew.
In what country was auschwitz built?
Poland
What was a ghetto?
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.
What were the Einsatzgruppen?
A paramilitary death squad of nazi Germany
What message was on the main entrance gate of auschwitz?
Work sets you free
What was a disadvantage of using Einsatzgruppen?
It was a waste if ammunition
What were standing cells?
Small cells that made prisoners do nothing but stand
What poisonous gas was used at auschwitz?
Hydrogen cyanide
How many inmates were expected to use one toilet?
35,000
What happened at kanada section?
Where all the prisoners belongings were sorted and held.
To be used in the war
By mid 1944 how many people could be killed per day?
6000
How many were killed at auschwitz?
1.1 million
The wooden bunks were originally built for… horses but… people had to stay in them
52
1,000
1 straw mattress and blanket held… people
8
What date was dachau set up?
March 1933
Up to April 1945
How many prisoners were killed at dachau?
31,954
When was dachau illiterates by the American army?
1945
Was the gas chamber used a dachau?
It was never used to kinder prisoners
How did nazi leaders describe dachau?
Preventative custody
Lost 4 groups of prisoners held at dachau
Jews
Homosexuals
Common criminals
Russian and polish
Describe 2 medical experiments carried out at dachau
Used prisoners as guinea pigs
Autopsy on dead people’s brains
Who was Hermann?
The highest ranking nazi official.
He was second in command to hitler and he instructed Heydrich to come up with the final solution.
Who was Heydrich?
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
What was Joseph mengele’s nickname?
Angel of death
Describe 2 experiments Joseph Mengele carried out.
Stitching twins together
Injecting one twin
What happened to Joseph mengele when the war ended?
He took a stroke at 78 and died
What were ghettos?
Segregated areas where jews had to live
How many ghettos did the nazis create in Eastern Europe?
At least 1,000
The nazis used Jews as…
Forced labour in their factories.
Where was the largest ghetto and how many were there?
Warsaw
400,000 in 3.4 square Km
What diseases did people die from at the ghettos?
Typhus and deliberate policy of saturated rations
When and where did the nazis meet for the final solution?
20th January 1942
House of Wansee (a suburb of Berlin)
What was the final solution?
To establish special death camps to execute Europe’s Jewish population by gas/death camps
What were the sonderkommandos?
Jewish prisoners
