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What do you know about the Holocaust?

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word Holocaust mean?
a)
sacrifice by fire
b)
love for everyone
2.
What was the name of Hitler's special guards who later became concentration camp guards?
a)
SS
b)
Police
c)
Jews
d)
Guards of Auswitz
3.
What year was Hitler appointed chancellor or Germany?
a)
1933
b)
1941
c)
1945
d)
1990
4.
What does the word antisemitism mean?
a)
prejudice against or hatred of Jews
b)
prejudice against or hatred of Germans
c)
anti-Christ
d)
prejudice against or hatred of Americans
5.
What was the name of the largest killing center?
a)
Auschwitz-Birkenau
b)
Sobibor
c)
Majnadek
d)
Treblinka
6.
About how many million Jews were murdered in the killing centers?
a)
 2.7
b)
1
c)
5
d)
8
7.
Between the Nazi rise to power in 1933 and Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945, about how many Jews emigrated from Germany and Austria?
a)
340,000 
b)
100
c)
1,000
d)
1 million
8.
Where and when did the first official concentration camp open?
a)
Dachau in 1933
b)
Auschwitz in 1931
c)
Buna in 1945
d)
Birkenau in 1933
9.
Many of the first prisoners sent to the first concentration camp were Communists. 
a)
True
b)
False
10.
In 1933, what percentage of Jews made up the German population?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
10
d)
50
11.
Who was the doctor who was notorious for so-called medical experiments performed on prisoners of the concentration camps?
a)
Josef Mengele
b)
Musulman
c)
Rosh Hashana
d)
Miklos Horthy
12.
What happened to Hitler at the end of the Holocaust?
a)
He committed suicide.
b)
He was killed by the SS.
c)
He was killed by the Jewish army.
d)
He was killed by American troops.
13.
Jews were the only group who were targeted by the Nazis.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
How many Jews died between 1939 and 1945?
a)
2 million
b)
6 million
c)
4 million
d)
11 million
15.
About how many total people (Jews and non-Jews) died between 1939 and 1945?
a)
11 million
b)
5 million
c)
20 million1
d)
1 billion
16.
What race did Hitler consider pure?
a)
Aryan
b)
Jewish
c)
German
d)
French
17.
How many concentration camps did the Germans build and operate between 1941 and 1945?
a)
2
b)
20
c)
11
d)
40
18.
How does the Jewish religion differ from Christianity?
a)
Jews do not believe in Jesus.
b)
Jews don't believe in God.
c)
Jews worship their ancestors.
d)
Jews worship animals.