Quiz 2

Question 1

Upon attempting power, this was the first group targeted by the Nazis

Answer 1

The communists

Question 2

What was the Nazi policy towards homosexuals

Answer 2

Gay men were persecuted but lesbians were left alone because Hitler didnt believe that lesbians really existed

Question 3

Anti-Jewish persecution was

Answer 3

Emerged out of a complex and dynamic interaction of pressure from the Storm Troopers (below) and Nazi policies (above)

Question 4

Coordination (Gleichschaltung) meant

Answer 4

That all German organizations and institutions should voluntarily align their institutions with the values of the Nazi revolution

Question 5

A lot of handicapped people were reported to the government for sterilization. Where did most of these denunciations come from

Answer 5

Medical professionals (doctors, people running institutions)

Question 6

Who was the primary target for the Night of Long Knives

Answer 6

The Storm Trooper Leaders, especially Rohm

Question 7

The violent actions of the storm troopers

Answer 7

Were unpopular because the Storm Troopers scared and inconvenienced the average German

Question 8

How did German courts interpret the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor

Answer 8

They interpreted it very broadly and sent people to jail even if there were only hints of sexual contact between Jews and Germans (i.e. visiting a PT, staring at someone)

Question 9

German policy on Jews was clear. What was their policy on bi-racial offspring of Jewish/ German intermarriage

Answer 9

They were defined as a special category (i.e Mischlinge, or mixed race, with complex ranking depending on the number of Jewish grandparents) and some exemptions are provided for them, as long as they dont act too Jewish

Question 10

What does bring the Germans home mean for Nazi foreign policy

Answer 10

The borders of the state, negotiated at the Treaty of Versailles, should be expanded to include those nearby territories with majority German population

Question 11

Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass, November 1938) was sparked by

Answer 11

The assassination of high ranking Nazi official by a Jewish guy unhappy with the way his parents had been treated

Question 12

The first group to be systemically killed in a Nazi genocide were

Answer 12

Handicapped children

Question 13

How was Poland handled after the 1939 invasion

Answer 13

Poland was divided into 3 sections: the western part become part of Germany, the middle was a colonized area and the East was occupied by the Soviet Union

Question 14

Austria

Answer 14

Joined in with Germany when its soldiers were greeted by cheering crowds. Vicious anti-Semitism was unleashed across the Austrian country

Question 15

What was Hitlers prophecy

Answer 15

If the international Jewish financiers start another world war the result will be the annihilation of the Jewish race

Question 16

The first way of systematically killing Jews was

Answer 16

Mass shooting of Jews in The East (i.e The Soviet Union) by the Einzatzgruppen

Question 17

How were the handicapped Germans killed

Answer 17

Handicapped children were starved or drugged and handicapped adults were put in gas chambers

Question 18

One phase of the war was defined as a war of annihilation, different from all other types of war. It was

Answer 18

The war against the Soviet Union

Question 19

What was the conference that coordinated the murder of the European Jews

Answer 19

The Wannsee Conference, run by Heydrich