Do Now Quiz: Hitler and the Holocaust

What year did Hitler become Chancellor?

• 1929
• 1945
• 1939
• 1933

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

• Regulations for the treatment of prisoners of war.
• The Nuremberg Laws were laws that institutionalised racial discrimination against Jews in Nazi Germany.

• A set of economic policies for post-war recovery.
• Laws that promoted racial equality in Germany.

What was the 'Final Solution'?

• A military strategy used by the Allies in World War II.
• A peace treaty signed after World War I.
• A cultural movement in Nazi Germany promoting art and literature.
• The Nazi plan for the extermination of the Jewish people during World War II.

What was a ghetto?

• A ghetto was a popular shopping district.
• A ghetto was a segregated area of a city for a specific ethnic or religious group.
• A ghetto was a type of government building.
• A ghetto was a luxury apartment complex.

Which Allied forces liberated Auschwitz?

• The American Army
• The Soviet Red Army
• The British Army
• The French Resistance

What was 'Kristallnacht' (Night of Broken Glass)?

• The signing of a peace treaty.

• A pogrom against Jews carried out by Nazi forces in 1938.

• A significant battle during World War II.

• A night of cultural celebration in Germany.

What was the purpose of the Wannsee Conference?

• To establish new trade routes.

• To plan the invasion of Poland.

• To discuss the implementation of the 'Final Solution'.

• To negotiate peace with the Allies.

Who was Anne Frank?

• A Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis.

• A leader of the French Resistance.

• A famous German scientist.

• A member of the Nazi party.

What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?

• To prosecute major war criminals of the Nazi regime.

• To establish new trade agreements.

• To plan the reconstruction of Germany.

• To celebrate the end of World War II.

Who published Anne's diary?

• Her sister, Margot Frank

• Her Mom, Edith Frank

• Her Dad, Otto Frank

• Peter, Van, Pels