The Holocaust

The term holocaust is a Greek word which means

• people of the fire

• death by power

• sacrifice by fire

• sacrifice of the many

Hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

• Anti-Democratic

• Neo-Nazism

• Anti-Semitism

• Jewism

An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.

• Pogrom

• Blitzkrieg

• Kristallnacht

• Einsatzgruppen

A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

• suburb

• ghetto

• concentration camp

• transit camp

In 1933 which of the following countries had the highest population of Jews?

• Germany

• France

• Italy

• Poland

Most eastern Jews spoke

• English.

• Spanish.

• German.

• Yiddish.

Jews that lived in this part of Europe made up much less of the population and tended to adopt the culture of their non-Jewish neighbors and spokethe common languages of the area.

• Western Europe

• Eastern Europe

• Northern Africa

• Eastern Asia

The first attempt to remove all legal discrimination against Jews and the granting of rights equal to those of other citizens in a country came in 1791 in what country?

• United States

• France

• Poland

• Germany

In Przytyk, Poland a(an) __________________________ took place in 1936 where three Jews were killed and more than sixty wounded, leading to violence which lasted nearly two years.

• pogrom

• blitzkrieg

• assassination

• armistice

April 1, 1933 a nationwide ___________________ of Jewish-owned businesses took place which resulted in people refusing to purchase goods in Jewish businesses.

• destruction

• boycott

• sale

• removal