The Holocaust Flashcards
What was hitters book called
Mein Kampf. This is where he publishing his anti semitism
What happened when the Great Depression came
The nazis got into power and introduced anti semitism
Why did hitler dislike Jews
- He believed they were to blame for germanys defeat in ww1
- He believed Jewish business men were plotting to take over the world.
- He believed they were an inferior race.
How did Jews life change in 1934
Made to sit on separate seats on busses , trains and in parks.
When and what was the Nuremberg law
A law introduced in 1935, it took away Jews German citizenship and forbade marriage between Jews and non Jews.
When was the night of the broken glass and what happened?
November 1938.
Nearly 10,000 Jewish shop keepers had their shop windows smashed and been robbed. Jewish homes and synagogues were in flames. Thousands were arrested and dozens were killed.
How many Jews were killed in the holocaust
Nazis murdered 6 million Jews.
What year did the holocaust start and what year did it end?
1942-1945
Changes to Jews lives during 1930s
Students expelled from school, sacked from jobs, banned from playing sport, banned from cinema, property was stolen.
How did they travel to camps
In cattle trucks/wagons, they were cramped unhuman and unhygienic.
What happened when you got to camp
Possessions taken away. Given striped pyjamas (as uniform) . Hair shaved. Split into men and women. Split into fit and unfit. Given a number instead of a name.
What food was there at camp
Very limited and little. E.g. a bit of whale meat, some sort of vegetable soup.
How could the guards and doctors treat them
SS guards could kill prisoners at any moment.
Doctors did experiments on prisoners with no anaesthetic
What was the first concentration camp
Dachau
When and where was the first concentration camp opened
March 1933, dachau Germany (north of Munich)
List as many people as you can who were prisoners.
Jews, German communists, gypsies, socialists, political prisoners, gay people, disables people, prisoners of war, priests + pastors, criminals.
Why do you think no one in Germany tried to help the Jews
They didn’t want people to think they were Jewish too through fear.
Why might Germans have been hesitant to stop Nazis
Lack of Nazi education. Nazi propaganda messages on the radio. Fear of the gestapo. Ignorance of the camps existence.
How could the German fear of the gestapo stop them from helping Jews
Germans would see what happened to Jews and knew if they tried to help them the same or worse would happen to them.
Why would the Nazi propaganda messages stop them from helping Jews
The constant reminder not to help Jews would scare them into obeying the rules.
How did the Germans Nazi education stop them from helping Jews
Some Germans didn’t have education on this topic and could be unaware of what happens in camps.
Tell me someone who was righteous among their nation and helped Jews
Jeanne Damian- Catholic from Belgium. In 1942.
Set up kindergartens for Jews who couldn’t attend school anymore.
