The holocaust

Question 1

why did hitler target jewish people

Answer 1

antisemitism was always big in europe for centuries due to christian church saw jews as ‘agents of the devil’. during the 19th century, the second half seen that jews weren’t a religious group but a seperate race. hitler believed the jews were to blame for germanys defeat in WWI and that they stabbed germany in the back (lots of jews held high government seats that helped sign the treaty) hitler scapegoated the jews

Question 2

hitler ultimate goal in scapegoating the jews

Answer 2

Unify and rally German population around a common enemy (jews). By promoting anti-Semitic propaganda, he aimed to create a sense of nationalistic pride and racial purity, leading to the justification of extreme measures like the Holocaust to eliminate Jews from German society. This scapegoating was a key part of his broader agenda to establish a totalitarian regime and pursue territorial expansion.

Question 3

hitler target groups

Answer 3

jews, homosexuals, people with disabilities, gypsies, black people in germany, jehovas witnesses, soviet prisoners of war, polish people and political prisoners (anyone opposed to hitler)

Question 4

how did the concentration camps start

Answer 4

the first camp dachua opened in 1933 in germany. they originally opened to hold the political prisoners then moved to every other minority group hitler didn’t like

Question 5

what were the nuremberg laws

Answer 5

antisemitic laws started in sep 15, 1935. these laws included illegal to intermarry, jews having to wear the star of david and dehumanized the jews

Question 6

how did hitler plan to eliminate the jews

Answer 6

the final solution was the nazis regime plan to systematically exterminate the jews, starting in 1941

Question 7

methods of the final solution

Answer 7

exterminations, mass shootings, labour camps and ghettos (starvation and disease)

Question 8

what was the kristallnacht (night of broken glass)

Answer 8

9-10 november 1938, the nazi regime and secret police smashed up jewish businesses, stole, killed 100 people, arrested 30,000 german jewish men

Question 9

types of camps and their use

Answer 9

concentration camps (prisoners crammed and imprisoned), extermination camps (containing gas chambers, in some camps, prisoners were tricked into thinking they were taking a shower or being ‘disinfected’), transit camps (briefly detail people before deporting them to other camps), forced labour camps (forced prisoners to work in horrible conditions with little food, drink and medical supplies for long hours) + ghettos to keep all majority groups apart

Question 10

world war 2 start and end date

Answer 10

1 september 1939/1945

Question 11

holocaust period

Answer 11

1933-1945