War Crimes and the Holocaust

Question 1

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 2

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 3

When the Nazi death camps were liberated, people around the world were most shocked by

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the size and scale of the camps.

Question 4

Hitler and the Nazis believed killing Jewish people, Roma, and other groups would

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purify the German race and make life better for the German people.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

What Nazi policy targeted people who had disabilities?

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euthanasia

Question 8

In addition to Jewish people, a specific group that the Nazis systematically killed during the Holocaust was

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people with disabilities.

Question 9

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.

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