The Holocaust, Explained [AP Euro Review—Unit 8 Topic 9]

What was a primary effect of the Nuremberg Laws enacted in 1935?

• They established a plan for Jewish emigration to Madagascar.

• They stripped Jewish people of their German citizenship.

• They initiated the Wannsee Conference to discuss the "Final Solution."

• They mandated the construction of death camps like Auschwitz.

What was Hitler's policy towards Jewish people in 1939, before the "Final Solution" was articulated?

• Immediate mass extermination in death camps.

• Forced labor in concentration camps.

• Encouraging Jewish emigration from Germany.

• Granting them equal rights to German citizens.

What was the "Final Solution" articulated at the Wannsee Conference in 1942?

• The establishment of Jewish autonomous regions within Germany.

• The complete extermination of the Jewish population.

• The forced relocation of Jewish people to African islands.

• The integration of Jewish people into German society.

Upon arrival at Nazi death camps, what happened to the majority of Jewish people who were deemed unfit for labor?

• They were immediately released.

• They were sent to work in other parts of Germany.

• They were subjected to medical experiments.

• They were murdered shortly after arrival.