Holocaust Final Review

Question 1

A six-pointed star the Jews were forced to wear on their sleeves.

Answer 1

Star of David

Question 2

A pesticide used in some of the gas chambers in death camps.

Answer 2

Zyklon B

Question 3

Opposition to and discrimination against Jews.

Answer 3

Anti-Semitism

Question 4

Nazi racial theory, a person of pure German “blood.”

Answer 4

Aryan

Question 5

A concentration camp inmate appointed by the SS to be in charge of a work gang.

Answer 5

Kapo

Question 6

An organized and often officially encouraged massacre of or attack on Jews.

Answer 6

Pogrom

Question 7

An ancient symbol appropriated by the Nazi as their emblem.

Answer 7

Swastika

Question 8

Forced marches of prisoners over long distances and under intolerable conditions.

Answer 8

Death March

Question 9

The deliberate and systematic murder of a racial, political, cultural, or religious group.

Answer 9

Genocide

Question 10

Also known as the Night of the Broken Glass; Jewish shops and synagogues were destroyed.

Answer 10

Kristallnacht

Question 11

Often surrounded by barbed wire or walls, these were sealed off sections of the city, where thousands of Jews were forced to live under harsh, close conditions with other families.

Answer 11

Ghetto

Question 12

Greek for “a sacrifice totally burned by fire,” and known today as the planned extermination of six million European Jews and millions of others by the Nazis.

Answer 12

Holocaust

Question 13

SS physician at Auschwitz, who carried out cruel medical experiments on prisoners.

Answer 13

Dr. Mengele

Question 14

A complex consisting of concentration, extermination, and labor camps in Upper Silesia. Was also the largest concentration camp.

Answer 14

Auschwitz

Question 15

Prisons used without regard to accepted norms of arrest and detention. Death, disease, starvation, crowded and unsanitary conditions and torture were a daily part of these establishments. The main focus of this prison was to exterminate the Jews.

Answer 15

Concentration Camp

Question 16

Large chambers in which people were executed by poison gas.

Answer 16

Gas Chamber

Question 17

A place in the concentration camps where the Nazis would burn the dead bodies of the Jewish people.

Answer 17

Crematorium

Question 18

Nazi party leader, German Chancellor, and referred to as “Fuhrer” by the Nazis. Wanted to exterminate the Jewish existence from the human race.

Answer 18

Adolf Hitler

Question 19

The Nazi policy of denying Jews basic civil rights, such as practicing religion, education, and adequate housing. Also denied Jews the use of their names.

Answer 19

Dehumanization

Question 20

A Nazi rewording for the plan to exterminate all the Jews in Europe.

Answer 20

Final Solution

Question 21

What was tattooed on the Jewish people’s arms and chests at concentration camps?

Answer 21

Numbers

Question 22

What happened to people who were not Jewish, but helped or tried to help Jews to safety?

Answer 22

They were killed, along with the Jew(s) they were trying to help

Question 23

Hitler wanted to keep Aryan people alive, and exterminate the Jews. What did Aryan people look like?

Answer 23

Blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin.

Question 24

What was the name of the “Night of Broken Glass,” when synagogues were burned, and businesses and homes were destroyed?

Answer 24

Kristallnacht

Question 25

The man who tried to warn everyone in the beginning of the story

Answer 25

Moishe the Beadle

Question 26

The German men who followed Hitler and killed the Jews

Answer 26

Nazis

Question 27

Played Beethoven on his violin after the death march

Answer 27

Juliek

Question 28

The main character who survived the Holocaust

Answer 28

Elie

Question 29

The man who wanted to kill all Jews in his Final Solution

Answer 29

Adolf Hitler

Question 30

The woman who saw flames on the cattle cart

Answer 30

Mrs. Schacter

Question 31

The sub-main character who died from dysentery

Answer 31

Elie’s father

Question 32

The main character’s little sister, who was last seen in a red coat

Answer 32

Tzipora

Question 33

The Jewish priest who was looking for his son after the death march

Answer 33

Rabbi Eliahu

Question 34

The little boy who was hung for stealing from the Nazis

Answer 34

Pipel

Question 35

The main character’s mother, was told to go to the left at selection

Answer 35

Elie’s mother

Question 36

The Jewish priest’s son who purposely “lost” him in the death march

Answer 36

Rabbi Eliahu’s son

Question 37

The man who dared to sneak some soup, was shot on the spot

Answer 37

Soup Martyr

Question 38

The mean, aggressive Kapo who was in charge of Elie’s block

Answer 38

Idek

Question 39

The Nazi doctor who performed deathly experiments on Jews

Answer 39

Dr. Mengele

Question 40

Where is the setting of Night?

Answer 40

World War II, during the Holocaust, mostly in Auschwitz

Question 41

Where is Elie Wiesel’s hometown?

Answer 41

Sighet, Hungary

Question 42

What happened to Moishe the Beadle in the beginning of the story?

Answer 42

He was captured by the Nazi’s and escaped to warn everyone

Question 43

What is it called when the readers find something out before the characters know?

Answer 43

Foreshadowing

Question 44

What did Mrs. Schacter see on the cattle cart, which nobody else could see?

Answer 44

Flames

Question 45

What happened when Elie and his family got off the cattle cart?

Answer 45

They arrived in Auschwitz, and were immediately take to selection

Question 46

What happened to the dentist of the concentration camp?

Answer 46

He was selling gold teeth for his own benefit, therefore, cheap skating the Nazis

Question 47

What is Kaddish?

Answer 47

Jewish prayer for the dead

Question 48

What does Arbeit Macht Frei mean? (It was the sign on the entrance of the camp)

Answer 48

Work Makes You Free

Question 49

How many sections were in Auschwitz?

Answer 49

3

Question 50

What day was Elie liberated?

Answer 50

April 10, 1945