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

In 1947, the United Nations helped create a country

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where survivors of the Holocaust could live.

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

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 5

Nazis who forced Jewish people to live in ghettos also forced them to

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make war materials for Germany.

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

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 8

In 1933, Hitler took action against Jewish people in Germany by

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boycotting Jewish-owned businesses.

Question 9

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 10

The Final Solution was Nazi Germany’s plan to

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physically exterminate all Jewish people in Europe.

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