Holocaust General Knowledge Flashcards
What emblem were Jews forced to wear at all times?
The Star of David
Name one group that resisted against the Nazis
Edelweiss Pirates, The White Rose, Swing Kids, The Warsaw Ghetto
What is the Holocaust?
The murder of about 6 milion Jews by the Nazies and their collaborators.
What is the Treaty of Versailes?
One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
What is the Weimar Republic?
After Germany lost the First World War, the Kaiser fled and a new democratic government of Germany was declared at the small town of Weimar.
What is the Reich Citizen Law?
A citizen must be of German blood to show they are fit to loyally serve the Germans and Reich
What are the Nuremburg Laws?
Laws that institutionalised many of the racial theories in Nazi ideology
What is Kristalnacht?
An organised massacre (pogram) by the German poeple, unofficially directed at the Jews
What organisation in Nazi Germany was responsible for running the concentration/extermination camps?
S.S.
In what country were the majority of extermination camps located?
Poland
Name the conference that decided on the “Final Solution”
Wannsee Conference
