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What does Holocaust mean?

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Holocaust means the destruction of a vast group of people especially Jewish people.

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What is genocide?

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Killing a race of people

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What is the Aryan race?

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The superior German race (ideally tall, blonde and blue eyes)

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What is antisemitism?

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Hostility towards jews

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What is social Darwinism?

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The belief that some humans are more ‘evolved than others’ ie. Ranking races

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What is a concentration camp?

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A place were large groups of people were imprisoned with inadequate facilities

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What is an extermination camp?

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A camp specialising in mass murder

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What happened at the Wannsee Conference?

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Nazis came to the ‘Final Solution’ , they decided to kill the Jews

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When was the Wannsee Conference?

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January 1942

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Name two principle officials at the Wannsee Conference

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Heyrich and Erchmann

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Who lead the SS?

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Himmler

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What is the section of the SS in charge of nazi camps called?

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The Death Head Units

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What was Hiltler’s anti-Semitic book called?

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Mein Kampf (my struggle)

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Why did people vote nazi?

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They promised to take them out of the Great Depression

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Why did Hitler hate Jews?

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He blamed them for losing WW1, he thought Jewish businessmen were trying to take over the world and he thought that they weren’t as human as the Germans

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What happened in 1934 to the Jews?

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They were marked with a star

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17
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When were the Nuremberg laws passed?

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1935

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What did the Nuremberg laws say?

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Jews weren’t German and they couldn’t have rights or intermarry

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When was the Night of the Broken Glass?

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November 1938

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What happened on the Night of the Broken Glass?

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Jewish shops were looted and Jewish buildings were burnt. Many Jews were killed and arrested

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How many Jews did the Nazis kill?

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Approximately 6 million

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22
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What happened in German schools in 1938?

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Jews were expelled

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What happened to Jews in the workforce in 1938?

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They were sacked

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What happened to the Jews in relation to their leisure activities in 1938?

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They were banned from sport, going to the theatre/cinema etc.

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What were the cattle trains like?

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Cramped, smelly, inhuman

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How were the Jews transported?

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By cattle trians

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Why was working in the toilets good?

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It was inside and away from the nazis

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Who were the nazis main political opponents?

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Communists

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What things did Jews eat in camps?

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Very basic, very little, watery soup, small bits of meat

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What usually happened to pregnant women on their arrival to camps?

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Immediately gassed

31
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Where is Dachau?

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Munich

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When was Dachau set up?

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1933

33
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What was the first concentration camp?

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Dachau

34
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What is the roll call area?

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Were prisoners were punished and selected

35
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Where did the Jews sleep?

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Barracks/blocks

36
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How many people were the blocks built to hold?

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200

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What was the average number of prisoners per barrack at the end of the war?

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2000

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What were the prisoners uniforms comprised of?

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Tunics, trousers, clogs, a cap, a jacket, a badge that shows your ‘crime’

39
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What gas was used in the gas chambers?

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Zyklon B

40
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Where is Auschwitz?

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Poland

41
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When was Auschwitz opened?

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1940, but it only really got big in 1942

42
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When was Auschwitz liberated?

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1945

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What is selection?

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When the nazis decided who was going to live and who was going to die

44
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What happened to the unfit?

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They were sent for extermination

45
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What happened to the fit?

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They were sent to work

46
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What happened to the prisoners hair?

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It was shaved of off to dehumanise them

47
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How many people were sleeping on each bunk?

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8 people

48
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What was the Kanada section?

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Were the Nazis stored and sorted through the prisoners belongings

49
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How were the prisoners divided?

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Male or female, fit/unfit

50
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What was taught in schools?

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Extreme anti-semitism and nazi lessons

51
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Who were the German Gestapo?

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People in charge of getting the Jews and punishing people

52
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What was mostly broadcasted on German radios?

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Nazi propaganda

53
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Who are the righteousness among the nations?

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Individuals who helped Jewish people, they were given this title by Israel

54
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When did the Nuremberg Trials take place?

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1945 - 1949

55
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Who organised the Nuremberg Trials?

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The Allies: Great Britain, United States of Soviet Russia, The United States of America, France

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What were the Nazis put of trial for at the Nuremberg trials?

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Crimes against humanity, crimes against peace and war crimes

57
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What were the Nazis war crimes?

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Killing prisoners of war

58
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What were the Nazis crimes against peace?

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They started the war

59
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What were the Nazis crimes against humanity?

A

The holocaust

60
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Who was Rudolf Hess?

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Hitlers deputy

61
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What was Rudolf Hess’s sentence?

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Life imprisonment

62
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Who was Albert Speer?

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Hitlers personal architect and in charge of the economy

63
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What was Albert Speer’s sentence?

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20 years in prison

64
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What was Bauder von Schriach’s job?

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He was head of Hitler Youth

65
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What was Bauder von Schirach’s sentence?

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20 years in prisom

66
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What was Hermann Goering in charge of?

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He was second in command of the Luftwaffe (airforce)

67
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What was Hermann Goering’a sentence?

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Sentenced to death by hanging but committed suicide before it happend

68
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What was Hans Frank’s job?

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He was in charge of Poland

69
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What was Hans Frank’s sentence?

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Sentenced to death by hanging

70
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Did survivors testify at the Nuremberg Trials?

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No

71
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When were the Nuremberg Laws passed?

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1935

72
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When was the Wannsee Conference?

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1942

73
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When was the night of the broken glass?

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1938

74
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When was the liberation of Auschwitz?

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1945

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