The 8 Stages of Genocide

Devising a plan for the "Final Solution" to the Jewish "problem".

• Denial

• Organization

• Polarization

• Preparation

Which is not a form of denial?

• Answer all questions with statistics.

• Block access to archives and witnesses.

• Intimidate or kill eye-witnesses.

• Deny that there was any mass killing at all.

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A film that blames Jews for all of the world's problems and compares them to rats that need to be wiped off the face of the Earth.

• Classification

• Denial

• Extermination

• Dehumanization

Jews and other "undesirables" are loaded into vans and as they were transported, gas from the exhaust was re-routed back into the van, killing all passengers.

• Classification

• Symbolism

• Preparation

• Extermination

What instance of genocide is called "The Forgotten Genocide"?

• the Armenian Genocide

• The Holocaust

• the Cambodian Genocide

• Rwandan Genocide

Which of the following stage(s) of genocide describes this Holocaust event:

On November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht occurs in Berlin. Mobs of Nazis storm Jewish shops, homes, businesses and synagogues. Jews are also rounded up and sent to ghettos and concentration camps.

• Dehumanization

• Polarization

• Organization

• Symbolism

Communities where targeted populations are segregated from other populations.

• Housing

• Ghetto

• Village

• Estate

Which of the following stage(s) of genocide describes this Holocaust event: Jews are forced to wear patches of the yellow Star of David on their clothing, identifying them publicly as Jews.

• Classification

• Symbolism

• Preparation

• Denial

Which of the following stage(s) of genocide describes this Holocaust event:

Jews are rounded up and forced into ghettos, small areas blocked off from cities. They are forbidden to leave. Eventually, ghettos will be liquidated and anyone left alive will be taken to concentration camps.

• Preparation

• Polarization

• Dehumanization

• Classification

What are the two groups of people the Nazi's first target in order to carry out their plans for Jewish extermination?

• Parents and Children

• Police and Firefighters

• Reporters and Professors

• Military Officers and Politicians