Introduction to the Holocaust

What does the word Holocaust mean?

• sacrifice by fire
• love for everyone

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What was the name of Hitler's special guards who later became concentration camp guards?

• SS
• Police
• Jews
• Guards of Auswitz

What does the word antisemitism mean?

• prejudice against or hatred of Jews
• prejudice against or hatred of Germans
• anti-Christ
• prejudice against or hatred of Americans

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What was the name of the largest killing center?

• Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Sobibor
• Majnadek
• Treblinka

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About how many million Jews were murdered in the killing centers?

•  2.7
• 1
• 5
• 8

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Where and when did the first official concentration camp open?

• Dachau in 1933
• Auschwitz in 1931
• Buna in 1945
• Birkenau in 1933

Who was the doctor who was notorious for so-called medical experiments performed on prisoners of the concentration camps?

• Josef Mengele
• Musulman
• Rosh Hashana
• Miklos Horthy

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What happened to Hitler at the end of the Holocaust?

• He committed suicide.
• He was killed by the SS.
• He was killed by the Jewish army.
• He was killed by American troops.

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Jews were the only group who were targeted by the Nazis.

• True
• False

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How many concentration camps did the Germans build and operate between 1941 and 1945?

• 2
• 20
• 11
• 40