War Crimes and the Holocaust

Question 1

Which contributed to Hitler’s rise to power in Germany?

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Hitler scapegoated German Jewish people by blaming them for Germany’s bad economy and defeat in World War I.

Question 2

The term coined after the end of World War II to describe the Nazis’ strategy to exterminate European Jewish people and other groups is the

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Holocaust

Question 3

The Final Solution was Nazi Germany’s plan to

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physically exterminate all Jewish people in Europe.

Question 4

What was the ultimate result of the Final Solution?

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Millions of Jewish people were murdered.

Question 5

Before Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, his book Mein Kampf called for

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the removal of Jewish people from Germany.

Question 6

A similarity between Nazi policies towards Jewish people during World War II and policies in other countries during preceding centuries was that

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Nazis discriminated against Jewish people.

Question 7

By 1938, Jewish people in Nazi Germany were not allowed to work in the government or

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attend schools and colleges.

Question 8

The term coined after the end of World War II to describe the Nazis’ strategy to exterminate European Jewish people and other groups is the

Question 9

Hitler gained support for anti-Jewish policies in Germany by

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blaming Jewish people for the economic depression after World War I.

Question 10

Approximately what percentage of all Jewish people living in Europe were killed during the Holocaust?

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about 60%

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