War Crimes and the Holocaust

Question 1

This photo shows Nazi officials posting a sign on the window of a Jewish business.The sign reads, “Germans! Defend yourself! Buy nothing from Jews!”What does this sign suggest about the Nazi government’s policies toward Jews?

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The government was officially promoting and directing anti-Semitism.

Question 2

was the head of the SS and ordered the deaths of millions of Jews, Roma, gay people, and others during the Holocaust.

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Heinrich Himmler

Question 3

Why were the events that took place on November 9, 1938, called Kristallnacht?

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The windows of many Jewish-owned businesses were broken.

Question 4

A was an area of a city where Jews were segregated during the Holocaust.

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ghetto

Question 5

What steps did the Nazis take to control and eliminate the Jewish people?

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They forced Jewish people into ghettos, concentration camps, and labor camps.

Question 6

Select the response that correctly completes each sentence.The was the name that the Nazis used for the genocide of European Jews.

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Final Solution

Question 7

Why did General Eisenhower force German civilians to visit liberated concentration camps? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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He wanted the world to know what had happened.; He did not want anyone to be able to deny that the Holocaust had occurred.

Question 8

Which of the following was a response to the issue of displaced persons after World War II?

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The United Nations created a Jewish homeland, Israel, in Palestine.

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