Holocaust test 1

Question 1

The reason some people will not use the word “Holocaust”

Answer 1

Some people may not use the term Holocaust because its translation from Hebrew to Greek mans “Total burnt sacrifice to God.” This makes it seem that the Holocaust was a sacrifice to God.

Question 2

The four protected groups in the definition of “genocide”

Answer 2

Religious, National, Racial, and Ethnic

Question 3

Economic problem in Germany during the early 1930s

Answer 3

The economic depression hit Germany hard, there was chaos and despair in the streets. Many Germans lost their jobs.

Question 4

Three acts, other than killing, that constitute one of the five genocidal acts under the UN definition of “genocide”

Answer 4

Separating children into different groups, preventing births, and causing extreme mental or bodily harm

Question 5

The concept that “as such” incorporates into the UN definition of “genocide”

Answer 5

As such refers to the aforementioned groups and introduces the concept of intent

Question 6

The year Germany was unified

Answer 6

1871

Question 7

The years that World War I began and ended in Europe

Answer 7

1914-1918

Question 8

Three countries that were part of the Entente (Allied) Powers in World War I

Answer 8

France, Russia, and the United Kingdom

Question 9

Four provisions imposed against Germany in the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 9

Germany had to take accountability for WW1 and publicly apologize, pay reparations to France, agree to not militarize Rhineland, and allow no more than 100,000 men in their active army.

Question 10

Germany’s explanation for why it lost World War I

Answer 10

Germany explained the reason they lost WW1 was because of the Jewish “stab in the back”. They claimed Jewish people did not provide enough help during WW1

Question 11

Economic problem in Germany during the early years of the 1920s

Answer 11

Germany had an extreme inflation problem during the early 1920s. One US dollar was equal to 4.2 billion marks, German people were unable to feed themselves

Question 12

The full name of the Nazi Party (in English, of course)

Answer 12

The National Socialist German Workers Party

Question 13

Mein Kampf

Answer 13

Translation: My Struggle. This is the book Hitler wrote while serving his 9 year prison sentence. The book lays out Hitler’s political ideology

Question 14

Kristallnacht

Answer 14

The night of broken glass. This is the night when Nazi officers broke into, burned down, and vandalized Jewish businesses, synagogues, and homes. Many Jewish people were arrested or killed.

Question 15

Raphael Lemkin

Answer 15

A Jewish Polish lawyer who coined the term “Genocide.” He dedicated his life to getting the term legally recognized

Question 16

Beer Hall Putsch

Answer 16

The night Hitler tried to recruit more people into the Nazi party. He proposed his plan to overthrow the Weimar Republic and got virtually no followers. It ended in a police shootout, a bank robbery, and Hitler getting arrested

Question 17

Four points in the Nazi “Twenty-five Point Plan” that were not antisemitic

Answer 17

revitalizing the economy, fighting off communism, bring power back to the German military, and abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 18

The type of government forced on Germany during the Weimar Republic

Answer 18

A constitutional democratic government