Holocaust Quiz

What was the Holocaust?

• A battle during World War II

• The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of millions by the Nazis and its collaborators

• A political movement in Germany

• The name of a treaty signed after World War II

When did the Holocaust begin and end?

• 1933-1945

• 1939-1945

• 1929-1939

• 1941-1945

Who did Hitler and the Nazis consider to be the superior race?

• Jews

• Aryan

• Communists

• Socialists

How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?

• 3 million

• 6 million

• 9 million

• 11 million

What book did Hitler write that included his thoughts on the extermination of the Jewish race?

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

• Mein Kampf

• The Second World War

• The Will to Power

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

• Laws that provided reparations to the victims of the Holocaust

• Laws that encouraged discrimination against Jews

• Laws that ended the Holocaust

• Laws that established the United Nations

According to the Nuremberg Laws, who was considered a Jew?

• Anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent

• Anyone with Jewish religious affiliation

• Anyone with three or four Jewish grandparents

• Anyone who practiced Jewish customs

What event is known as Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass"?

• The night when German police officers and firemen protected Jewish property

• The night when Jewish synagogues, businesses, homes, hospitals, and schools were vandalized or destroyed

• The night when 100 Jewish men were sent to concentration camps

• The night when the German army invaded Poland

What was the consequence for approximately 30,000 Jewish men after Kristallnacht?

• They were fined $400 million

• They were sent to labor camps

• They were killed

• They were sent to concentration camps

What was the first concentration camp that opened in Germany?

• Auschwitz

• Buchenwald

• Dachau

• Treblinka