Path to Nazi Genocide After Viewing Quiz (USHMM video)

Adolf Hitler supported the Treaty of Versailles and believed that the German government was right to try to end World War I.

• True

• False

Germany prospered (did well) economically prior to the worldwide Great Depression.

• True

• False

Adolf Hitler tried to take control of the German government in 1923, ten years before he became chancellor.

• True

• False

Prior to 1933, Hitler’s desire to eliminate European Jews was kept a secret.

• True

• False

Hitler seized control of Germany in a military coup (violent overthrow).

• True

• False

The Nazis used propaganda to gain supporters, offering simple solutions and blaming scapegoats for Germany’s problems.

• True

• False

The Nazis never received more than 38% of the vote in a national election prior to 1933.

• True

• False

Jews were the first group to be sent to concentration camps.

• True

• False

The Nazis rejected stories of Germany’s patriotic history and did not try to reassure average Germans about Hitler’s leadership.

• True

• False

German soldiers swore an oath of allegiance to Hitler, not to Germany.

• True

• False