Quizizz 001 The Holocaust

The organized extermination of Jews and other enemies of the Nazis is known as 

• the Holocaust

• World War 1

• World War 2

• The War in Afghanistan

The Holocaust was planned well in advance dating back to the 1930s

• True

• False

• Talse

• Frue

Answer explanation

The true Holocaust began in 1942.

During the 1930s, what did the Nazis do about people like Jews, Gypsies and homosexuals?

• They offered them a one-way plane ticket out of Germany.

• They moved them to Austria.

• They confined them to one German city.

• They put them in concentration camps.

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In Poland, the Jews were concentrated in 

• gulags

• ghettos

• rural areas

• hilltop villages

Before Hitler and the Nazis decided to kill the Jews, he 

• simply wanted them to go somewhere where they wouldn't mix with Germans.

• wanted them to join the army

• wanted them to work in war factories

• wanted to hold them for ransom

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What was the group called who were in charge of killing the Jews?

• German air force

• foreign office

• The SS

• the office of ethnic groups

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What was decided in 1942 at a place called Wannsee?

• the deliberate and planned murder of all Jews living in Nazi-occupied countries.

• the invasion of Britain

• Bombing London every night

• the release of communist prisoners

Because shooting the Jews proved to take too much time, the Nazis decided to 

• release the Jews without any food or shelter

• work them to death

• poison their food

• gas and then cremate (burn their bodies) them

What year did the systematic elimination of Jews in concentration camps begin?

• 1939

• 1940

• 1941

• 1942

Concentration camps were part of the Nazi war effort

• True

• False

• Talse

• Frue