Holocaust Quiz

This agreement made at the Potsdam Conference led directly to the

• announcement of the Truman Doctrine

• division of Germany into occupation zones

• creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• trials in Nuremberg, Germany

What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?

• yellow star of David

• sign that said Jew

• Black clothes

• yellow cross

systematic mass slaughter of European Jews and other "undesirable" groups by the Nazis during WWII (means "destruction by fire")

• Kristallnacht

• der Fuhrer

• Third Reich

• Holocaust

Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals and gypsies.

• sick

• handicapped

• dwarfs

• Dutch

Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called

• ghettos

• apartments

• projects

• government housing

Which of the following best describes the “final solution?”

• The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.

• The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.

• The conscription of German males into the military.

• The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.

The Nuremberg Laws

• separated Jews from German society

• said Jews couldn't marry non-Jews

• said Jews couldn't own businesses

• all of the above

Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"

• Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up

• The nazi's were playing baseball and broke a window

• The nazi's broke through synagogues, schools, and other jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets

• The jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest

How did the Nazi government plan to exterminate all the Jewish people?

• infect the population with a virus that would only affect Jewish people

• by looting (breaking into) their businesses and rationing their food

• by sending them to death (Concentration) camps where they would be killed

• by sending them to other countries to live and prosper

Who orchestrated the Holocaust?

• The Jews

• The Nazis

• The Allied Powers

• The Soviet Union