Holocaust Quiz

What was the original meaning of the term "Aryan"?

• A term used to describe the master race according to Nazi ideology

• A term used to identify people speaking the languages of Europe and India

• A term used to describe people with superior technological advancements

• A term used to describe the elite soldiers of the Nazi regime

What was the Star of David used for during the Third Reich?

• A symbol of protection

• Identification of Jewish people

• A decoration on uniforms

• A secret sign for resistance movements

What was the basis for the Nuremberg Laws enacted by the German parliament in 1935?

• To promote Jewish cultural and religious practices

• To establish racial laws against Jewish policies and legal exclusion of Jews from German life

• To provide legal protection for Jewish families in Germany

• To integrate Jewish citizens into the German army

What does "Dehumanization" entail in the context of the Holocaust?

• The process of providing humanitarian aid to those affected by the war

• The act of changing the manner in which a person or group of people are perceived to reduce them to objects

• The legal process of stripping individuals of their citizenship

• The rehabilitation of individuals who have been traumatized by war

What was the Kristallnacht?

• The discovery of concentration camps by Allied forces

• A German term for "night of broken glass"

• A Nazi euphemism for the mass murder of Jews

• The title of Adolf Hitler's book

What was Auschwitz?

• A city in Germany where the first anti-Jewish laws were passed

• The largest Nazi concentration camp, located 37 miles west of Cracow, Poland

• The code name for the Nazi operation to invade Poland

• A memorial site established after World War II

What was the purpose of propaganda as used by the Nazi party?

• To provide accurate historical records of events

• To promote international peace and understanding

• To spread false or partly-false information to further notions of racial superiority and the persecution of Jews

• To educate the German population about other cultures

What was the largest ghetto in Poland during World War II?

• The Warsaw Ghetto

• The Lodz Ghetto

• The Krakow Ghetto

• The Vilna Ghetto

What were "Death Camps" specifically designed for?

• To serve as prisons for political dissidents

• To rehabilitate individuals who were against the Nazi regime

• To serve as temporary holding facilities for prisoners of war

• To systematically kill people, often in gas chambers or by other brutal means

What is the role of a "Collaborator" during a conflict?

• A person who resists the enemy forces

• A person who provides aid to the victims of war

• A person who cooperates with the enemy who is occupying his/her country and/or persecuting his/her people

• A person who documents the events of war for historical records