The Holocaust

Question 1

The sign in the photograph below says, "Germans! Defend yourself! Buy nothing from Jews!”

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The Nazis were officially promoting and directing antisemitism.

Question 2

The mass murder of Jewish and other groups of people by the German Nazis during World War II is known as

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the Holocaust.

Question 3

genocidehomicidemanslaughterdismemberment

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genocide

Question 4

After Hitler came to power, German people of Jewish ancestry

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gradually lost their rights.

Question 5

Which of the following helped Hitler and other Nazi leaders make it easier to carry out the Holocaust?

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They made antisemitism an everyday part of life in Germany.

Question 6

When it came to racial beliefs, Hitler believed that Germans were

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superior to other peoples, especially Jewish people.

Question 7

At the Wannsee Conference in 1942, the Nazis made plans for

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the Final Solution.

Question 8

Look at this photograph, taken in 1943.

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sending Polish Jewish people to a concentration camp.

Question 9

To isolate them from the general population, Jewish people in Hitler’s Germany were required to

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wear yellow stars.

Question 10

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the Nazi camp built at Auschwitz, Poland?

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death camp

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