The Holocaust Flashcards
What was vilification?
Targeting Jews and harassment by society
Propaganda used by Nazis to make Germans fear Jews
What was discrimination?
Laws that deprived Jews of rights- Nuremburg Laws
What are examples of laws used to discriminated against Jews?
Jewish doctors not allowed to treat German
Jewish kids not allowed in school
Jews not allowed to marry German
Citizenship revoked for Jews
What was separation?
Ghettoes and deporting Jews- separating them from society
What was extermination?
Killing Jews in extermination camps
What were the 6 death camps?
Chelmno, Bełzec, Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treldinka and Sobibor
What happened when the camps were liberated?
Allies were shocked by conditions and treatment
Many Jews died after liberation from eating too much food or from weakness/exhaustion
Many survivors moved to Israel
When was the Holocaust?
1933-1945
What were the Nuremburg Trials?
Military trials that prosecuted Nazis for war crimes
Who was Oskar Schindler?
A member of the Nazi party who owned factories and employed Jews to save them from concentration camps
What was the aftermath of the Holocaust?
Survivors recieved compensation from the government
State of Israel was set up
Entire towns in Europe were killed
How many people died in the Holocaust?
11 million- 6 million Jews
