Weimar and Nazi Germany

Question 1

How did the Nazis pay for the economic damage of Kristallnacht?

Answer 1

They fined the Jews one billion marks!

Question 2

How many homosexuals were killed in concentration camps?

Answer 2

5,000

Question 3

How many Jews were there in Germant in 1933?

Answer 3

437,000, less than one percent of the population!

Question 4

In which month of which yeah were Jews banned from inheriting land?

Answer 4

September of 1933

Question 5

In which month of which year were Jews banned from joining the army?

Answer 5

May 1933

Question 6

In which month of which year were Jews banned from public jobs?

Answer 6

April of 1933

Question 7

In which year were Gypsies prepared for deportation by the Nazis?

Answer 7

1939

Question 8

Name the two Neurenburg Laws.

Answer 8

• The Reich Law on Citizenship

- The Reich Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour

Question 9

On which date did vom Rath die?

Answer 9

9th of November 1938

Question 10

On which date was vom Rath shot?

Answer 10

7th of November 1938

Question 11

On which date were the Neurenburg Laws introduced?

Answer 11

15th of September 1935

Question 12

On which date(s) did Kristallnacht occur?

Answer 12

9/10th November 1938

Question 13

What affect did The Reich Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour have on the Jews?

Answer 13

• They could not marry German citizens.

- They could no have sexual relations with German citizens.

Question 14

What affect did the Reich Law on Citizenship have on the Jews?

Answer 14

• Only those of German blood were citizens
• The Jews became “subjects”
• Jewish persons were obliged to display a yellow star

Question 15

What did Geobbels order local papers to do in Hanover?

Answer 15

Denounce the act of the teenage Jew

Question 16

What did Geobbles order the SS, SA and Gestapo to do on the 7th of November 1938?

Answer 16

Attack Jewish houses, and synagogues (Kristallnacht)

Question 17

What did some local councils provide for Jews and why?

Answer 17

Yellow benches

- To keep the German citizens “safe”

Question 18

What did the death of vom Rath prompt?

Answer 18

Hitler to order nationwide attacks on Jews by undercover groups.

Question 19

What happened on Kristallnacht?

Answer 19

Gangs began to smash and burn Jewish properties, and openly attack Jews in the street. Some citizens joined in.

Question 20

What happened on the 12th November 1938?

Answer 20

20,000 Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps.

Question 21

What percentage of the German population was Jewish in 1933?

Answer 21

Less than 1%

Question 22

When did anti-semitism become truly frought?

Answer 22

During the economic depression.

Question 23

When did the Jews first start to be deported?

Answer 23

January of 1939

Question 24

Where did some local councils ban Jews from visiting?

Answer 24

Parks and swimming pools.

Question 25

Where was vom Rath shot?

Answer 25

In the German embassy in Paris.

Question 26

Which four minorities were primarily targeted by the Nazis?

Answer 26

- Slavs - Gypsies - Homosexuals - Jews

Question 27

Who was in control of the office for Jewish immigration?

Answer 27

Heydreich

Question 28

Whom was vom Rath shot by?

Answer 28

A 17 year old Polish Jew from Hanover.

Question 29

Why did the Nazis have a vendetta against homosexuals?

Answer 29

It was believed they lowered the morale of the soldiers, and the purity of the German race.

Question 30

Why did the Nazis practice eugenics?

Answer 30

To attempt to purify the German people into an Aryan race.

Question 31

Why was anti-semitism frought?

Answer 31

Jewish people were generally more financially secure, so people were jealous.