Week 16: The Holocaust

What is the title of the book that Elie Wiesel wrote in 1955 about the Holocaust?

Jewish people were not the only ones targeted during the Holocaust. “In all, there were __ million people killed: Serbs, Poles, Romani (or Gypsies) and the physically and mentally disabled.”

The term “Holocaust” came from a Greek word that meant what?

• “Sacrifice by water”

• “Genocide”

• “Nazi”

• “Sacrifice by fire”

What was the title of the book that Hitler wrote?

• “End the Jewish People”

• “Nazi, Germany”

• “Mein Kampf”

• “Germany United”

Who was the dictator of Germany at the time of the Holocaust?

• Harriet Tubman

• Adolf Hitler

• Raoul Wallenberg

• Elie Wiesel

Your reading from this week spoke a lot about the influence and power that Adolf Hitler had over Germany, however, we know he was not the sole reason that millions of people were killed. Who all does the article say were responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people alongside Hitler?

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a ______ to Washington about his experience of seeing the concentration camps firsthand.

Jackson and Alana’s article informed you about a lot of different aspects of the Holocaust. In particular, Alana told us the biggest reason Adolf Hitler hated the Jewish people. What was his reason?

• He thought it was the Jews’ fault that Germany lost World War I.

• The Jews stole from his family.

• Jewish people robbed the German soldiers during World War I.

• The Jews freed Hitler’s prisoners during World War I.

What were the names of the concentration camps that Elie Wiesel was sent to (pick 2)?

• Auschwitz

• Nazi

• Romania

• Buchenwald

• Mein Kampf

What were the places called that the Jews were sent to and imprisoned?