What lead to the holocaust

Question 1

-What lead to Kristallnacht

Answer 1

• Assasination of Ernst Vom Rath
• Violence caused
• Government blamed jews

Question 2

jew persecution

Answer 2

Nuremberg laws, boycotting of Jewish businesses, increased antisemitic propaganda, Kristallnacht, ghettos and early camps

Question 3

Sequence of events

Answer 3

Treaty of Versailles, rise of Nazi party, Hitler becoming chancellor

Question 4

What was Kristallnacht

Answer 4

• Night of Broken Glass
• 9-10 Nov 1938
• Coordinated attacks on Jewish Synagogues, homes and businesses

Question 5

Impact of Kristallnacht

Answer 5

• 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps
• Many lost homes and businesses
• a major turning point from discrimination to violence

Question 6

How many synagogues destroyed

Answer 6

267