Holocaust Quiz Flashcards
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
6 million
How many Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust?
abt 1.5 million
What was the largest Nazi concentration camp?
Auschwitz
What does the Greek word Holocaust mean?
Holo (whole) and kaustos (burned or burnt offering)
What was the first concentration camp?
Dachau
How many people were killed at Auschwitz?
1.1 million
What were the reasons for the persecution of Jews in Europe during the Middle Ages?
- Blamed for killing Jesus
- Targeted scapegoats during the Black Death
- Demonized by Christians
- Blood libels (accused Jews of kidnapping Christian children and crucifying them and drinking their blood)
What percentage of the population of Germany in 1933 was Jewish?
less than 1%
What event is considered the beginning of the Holocaust?
The Night of Broken Glass
Whose army liberates Auschwitz?
Russia’s
What is anti-Semitism?
hostile or prejudiced toward Jews
What is genocide?
the systematic killing of a whole people or nation
What was the Wannsee Conference?
Decisions made for the “final solution” to the “Jewish question”
- Jews would be deported to extermination camps in the East
Who led the Wannsee Conference?
Reinhard Heydrich
Did the Nazis encourage emigration?
yes
Was it easy for Jews to emigrate? why or why not?
No, the great depression
What % of emigrating Jews wealth was taxed?
90%
How were Jews treated during the Weimar Republic?
They were treated equally by the government and even held political offices. There was still anti-semitism but the government protected them
In which operation did Nazis begin using Einsatzgruppen death squads?
Operation Barbarossa
In which country most of the extermination camps were located?
Poland
What were the early plans for the deportation of Jews?
1st: southeastern Poland reservation where Jews across Europe would be deported
2nd: deporting Europe’s 4 million Jews to the island of Madagascar
What laws were passed in the mid-1930s forbidding the marriage of Jews to Germans and also stripped Jews of their citizenship?
Nuremberg Laws
What did the Nuremberg Laws do? When were they passed?
passed in the mid-1930s forbidding the marriage of Jews to Germans and also stripped Jews of their citizenship
