War Crimes and the Holocaust

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

people with disabilities.

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nazis discriminated against Jewish people.

Question 4

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What Nazi policy targeted people who had disabilities?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

euthanasia

Question 6

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the size and scale of the camps.

Question 7

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

about 60%

Question 8

In 1947, the United Nations helped create a country

Revolt · Accepted Answer

where survivors of the Holocaust could live.

Question 9

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 10

What was the ultimate result of the Final Solution?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Millions of Jewish people were murdered.

War Crimes and the Holocaust Answers