Holocaust Quiz

Nazis hated Jews because they were racists who felt Jews were greedy and in control of some governments in the world.

• True

• False

What is anti-Semitism?

• love of Jews

• not love, but at least tolerance of Jews

• hatred of Jews

• hatred of Germans

There were many things that new laws in Nazi Germany, including the Nuremberg Laws, forced upon Jews. Some of these were...

• forbidden from holding government office/wear the yellow Star of David

• forbidden from leaving the country/wear the yellow Star of Germany

• forbidden from marrying other Jews/holding government office

• forbidden from holding government office/forbidden from giving up their religion

Jewish homes, businesses, and places of worship (synagogues), were vandalized and burned in Nov, 1938. It was meant to spread fear amongst the Jews in Germany. What was this event known as?

• Einsatzgruppen

• Schutzstaffel

• Great Purge

• Kristallnacht

What could the Nazis do with the Jews in Germany, since they were no longer wanted (from the Nazi perspective)?

What was this statement known as?

• the German armistice

• the Jewish Question

• the Polish question

• the hard question

What were ghettos?

• overcrowded, clean, sanitary parts of large cities that Jews were crammed into

• spacious, dirty, unsanitary parts of small cities that Jews were crammed into

• the sewers under Polish cities that Jews were crammed into

• overcrowded, dirty, unsanitary parts of large cities that Jews were crammed into

How did Jews preserve their culture in the ghettos?

• sold their possessions so that they could keep their homes outside the ghettos

• kept records, put on plays, continued their education, kept praying

• surrendered to the Nazis, but in return, they were able to keep their possessions and family property

• kept records, traveled to Israel, prayed, and wrote books about their experiences during WWII

Where were the majority of ghettos located?

• Poland

• Germany

• Russia

• France

What was the Final Solution to the “Jewish Question”?

• mass murder and disposal of the bodies of all Jews in Germany & Nazi occupied areas, but communists and Poles were left alone

• mass murder and disposal of the bodies of all Slavs and Austrians in Germany

• mass murder and disposal of the bodies of all Jews in Germany and Nazi occupied areas in Europe

• mass murder and disposal of the bodies of all Poles and communists in Germany and Nazi occupied areas of Europe, but Jews were left alone

Why was the Final Solution initiated if the Jews had been isolated and penned up in the ghettos already?

• To the Fascist Italians, the ghettos did not isolate the Jews enough from the rest of Germany

• To the Nazis, the Jews were not dying off fast enough and they wanted to get rid of the Jews faster

• To the Nazis, the ghettos were working out just fine for the Jews, but the Poles and communists were not dying off fast enough