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WorksheetsHolocaust Test Review
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 55mins
Which of the following events occurred first?
Under the Nuremberg Laws, Jews became targets for persecution.
Kristallnacht, the “night of the broken glass” occurred.
Hitler was arrested and jailed for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Hitler was named the chancellor of Germany.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Aryanization of Germany?
Non-Aryans were dismissed from civil service.
Liquidating Jewish-owned businesses.
Jews were forced to burn their own books.
Jewish lawyers and doctors were stripped of their clients.
Who were the first people rounded up and sent to Nazi camps?
Jewish doctors and lawyers
Communists and Social Democrats
Jewish elderly and children
Jewish rabbis
“In hindsight, it seems clear this Euthanasia Program functioned as a pilot for the Holocaust, the mass killing of Jews and others.” What is the best definition of pilot as used in the previous quote?
A person who operates an aircraft
A television show made for a test audience
An experiment or test
One employed to steer a ship
What is the main reason Nazis were unable to keep their actions at concentration camps secret?
The scale of the killings was too large.
There were Allied spies in the camp.
Hitler showed propaganda of what they were doing.
Pictures from the camps were published in newspapers.
What is the main reason the Allied Powers likely did not free the people at the Nazi camps quicker?
They were unable to reach the camps.
They were unaware of what was happening.
They were focused on winning the war.
The Germans hid what they were doing well.
Which of the following events occurred first?
Jews were sent to ghettos.
Hitler committed suicide.
Nazis began using gas to kill Jews.
Israel was established.
What is Antisemitism?
The hatred of anyone who is different
The hatred of Jewish people
The solution for killing Jews
To support Jews in Israel
What type of people were first euthanized by Nazis?
The elderly
Gypsies
Mentally ill and disabled
Communists
What was Lebensraum?
Living space for Jews
Living space for pure Germans
Mass murders of Jews
The Final Solution
For which event did Hitler blame Jews?
The loss of World War I.
The loss of World War II.
The invasion of Poland.
The start of World War I.
What percentage of Germany’s population prior to World War I was Jewish?
20%
50%
1%
10%
What were Einsatzgruppen?
Gas chambers
Mobile killing units
Polish ghettos
Nazi police
When did the Nazis make Jews go on “death marches”?
At the beginning of the war
When they misbehaved
During the war
At the end of the war
Why was the nation of Israel created?
As a punishment for Nazi officers
To give Jews a place to live after the war
To give the Aryan race a place to live
To create more living space
Around how many Jews were killed by Nazis in World War II?
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
10,000,000
Which of the following is NOT true about Jewish ghettos?
Jews were rounded up and forced to live in them.
They were breeding grounds for disease.
They were overcrowded.
They were governed by Nazi officers.
In which country were the most Nazi labor camps located?
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Gemany
Poland
In which country were the most Nazi death camps located?
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Germany
Poland
Of the following, which camp was founded first?
Bergen-Belsen
Buchenwald
Auschwitz
Belzec
Which of the following nations was NOT home to a Nazi camp?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
Belgium
When were the most Nazi death camps founded?
1939
1940
1941
1942
Which of the following was NOT a Nazi death camp?
Dachau
Auschwitz
Chelmo
Treblinka
Which event happened FIRST in Hitler’s life?
He lived in Vienna, Austria as a struggling artist.
He joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
He fought in World War I.
He served time in jail for a failed coup.
Which of the following is NOT a known cause of Hitler’s hatred of Jews?
He strongly believed that some races were superior than others.
He was influenced by the strong Antisemitism in Vienna, Austria.
He blamed Jews for Germany’s defeat in World War I.
He was badly bullied by Jews during his school days.
Which of the following was NOT a topic Hitler discussed in his novel, Mein Kampf?
Providing enough living space for Germans
Removing people with disabilities from Germany
Plans for World War II
His hatred for Jews
Why is ironic that Hitler blamed Jews for the loss of World War I?
He himself was Jewish.
His grandmother was Jewish.
Many Jews fought for Germany in World War I.
Many Jews fought for the Allies in World War I.
Which of the following events occurred first?
The Nuremberg Laws were created.
The Nuremberg Laws were expanded to include other races.
Hitler came into power as the Chancellor of Germany.
The 1935 annual Nazi party rally was held.
Why did the Nazis mainly lighten up on the Nuremberg Laws around the 1936 Olympics?
They wanted Jewish athletes to compete.
They did not want to look bad on an international level.
They wanted the world to believe they liked Jews.
They wanted to seem powerful on an international level.
Which person would NOT be considered a Jew under the Nuremberg Laws?
A person with three grandparents from the Jewish community
A person who was Jewish, but converted to Christianity
A person with only one Jewish grandparent from the Jewish community
A person who did not consider themselves Jewish, but were born into a Jewish community
“They had the same rights as “racial” Germans, but these rights were continuously curtailed as more legislation passed.” What is the best definition of curtailed in the previous quote?
reduced or limited
cut away
break off
make powerful
What happened to most Jewish businesses under the Nuremberg Laws?
They were allowed to remain, but only sell to Jews.
They were closed down forever.
The Nazis took them over and sold them to non-Jews at bargain prices.
They were left alone.
“At least 1,000 ghettos were established in German-occupied and annexed Poland and the Soviet Union alone.” What is the best definition of annexed in the previous quote?
to add something important
taken without permission
to attach
something added to a document
What is the most likely reason some Jewish councils allowed items to be smuggled into ghettos?
It was the only way of keeping people alive
They were against what the Nazis were doing
They hated Hitler and his role in Germany
They thought it was the right thing to do
Which of the following was NOT a way the majority of people died in ghettos?
Fights among residents
Disease or starvation
Gunshot wound
Deported to killing centers
How long were Jews kept in ghettos?
only a few days
several weeks
months
the length varied
What was the main purpose of Jewish ghettos during World War II?
To carry out the Nazi “Final Solution”
To murder Jews
To keep disease contained
To segregate Jews from non-Jews
“In reality, this “resettlement” in the “East” became a euphemism for transport to the killing centers and mass murder.” What is the best definition for euphemism in the previous quote?
The transfer of people from one place to another
The substitution of a vague expression for one that may be offensive
To believe in one thing, but do something else
To kill multiple people at one time in a methodical manner
What was the purpose of the Wannsee Conference?
To create a plan to deal with Jews
To meet with leaders of other nations
To join with other leaders to get rid of Jews
To create a train schedule
Which of the following is NOT true about the railroad trip for the deportees?
Both freight and passenger cars were used
People were subject to harsh conditions
All deportees made it to their destination alive
They were not given food or water
What would most likely happen if a deportee attempted to escape?
They would be allowed to go.
They would be captured and imprisoned.
They would be made a slave.
They would be shot and killed.
According to the “Final Solution,” how many Jews did Nazis plan to kill?
2,000,000
6,000,000
11,000,000
24,000,000
“Gas chambers were constructed by Nazis to increase killing efficiency and make the process more impersonal for the perpetrators.” What is the best meaning of perpetrator, as used in the quote?
A person who commits a criminal act
A person who is the victim of a crime
A person who is part of a group
One who fought against the Nazis
Which of the following was NOT a way the Nazis used their camps in World War II?
Detention of people thought to be enemies of the states
Mass murder
Forced labor
Temporary places to hold Jews until they could return home
Which type of person was NOT initially placed in Nazi camps?
Christians
Socialists
Roma (Gypsies)
Jehovah Witnesses
Which of the following occurred first?
The Nazis invaded the Soviet Union and imprisoned POWs.
The Nazis built detention facilities to hold enemies of the state.
Killing centers were opened by the Nazis to complete the “Final Solution.”
Gas chambers were built inside concentration camps.
Which of the following was NOT a reason Nazis used gas chambers?
To make the process more impersonal for perpetrators
To increase killing efficiency
To increase the amount of Jews killed daily
To persuade Jews to be more hygienic
Where were Nazi killing centers located?
Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
France
“Afterwards Nazis conducted mass arrests of adult male Jews and incarcerated them in camps for brief periods.” What is the best definition of mass, as used in the previous quote?
A large body of matter with no definite shape
The majority of
Relating to large numbers of people
To assemble into one body
Which of the following best completes the analogy below? Bergen Belsen : British :: Auschwitz : __________________________
Canadian
American
French
Soviet
Why did thousands of prisoners die after liberation?
German soldiers killed them
They died of disease or malnutrition
They were killed while traveling back home
Many committed suicide
Which of the following events occurred first?
American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar.
British forces entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Celle, Germany.
The camp staff set fire to the large crematorium at Mejdanek, but left the gas chambers standing due to their quick departure.
D. The British forces also liberated camps in northern Germany, including Neuengamme.
“On the day of liberation, an underground prisoner resistance organization seized control of the camp to prevent atrocities by retreating camp guards.” What is the best meaning of atrocities in the previous quote?
Wicked or cruel acts
Strong and powerful men
Supportive and helpful
Interesting and exciting
What point does emphasizing the exact numbers of how much clothing was left behind at Auschwitz make?
How quickly the Nazis left the camp
How many people were left behind.
The number of people who were killed
Prisoners were worn at camps
Why did camp staff at Mejdanek leave the gas chambers standing?
They wanted the Allies to find evidence of the murders.
They wanted the Jews to remember how they were treated.
They left quickly before the Allies arrived to the camp.
They were unable to destroy them.
Why were most survivors at Bergen-Belsen in critical condition when the British forces entered?
The Nazis had starved them
The Nazis had left the camp
There were experiments performed on them
There was a typhus epidemic
Which of the following was NOT typically found by Allied soldiers liberating concentration camps?
Dead bodies stacked together
Healthy prisoners
Malnourished prisoners
Burned buildings
The Holocaust is recognized as the
end of the war in Europe in 1945.
persecution of Jewish people by the Nazis during World War I.
murder of millions of Jewish people by the Nazis during World War II.
period of violence after World War II.
Who did the Nazi Party target?
Roma people only
Jewish people only
Roma and Catholic people only
Jewish, Roma and disabled people, among other groups
Which of the following did the Nazi Party believe about race?
Germans are elite and belong to the master Aryan race.
Race is a social construct that is not based in biology.
Only Jewish people are considered non-Aryan.
Only Italians belong to the master Aryan race.
What kind of laws did Adolf Hitler implement as head of state in Germany?
laws that reversed the Treaty of Versailles
Antisemitic laws that persecuted Jewish people
laws that made violence against non-Aryans illegal
laws that punished the United States for World War I
Under the Nazi regime, many Jewish people
rebuilt synagogues.
opened new businesses.
were forced to live in ghettos.
found safety by fleeing to Poland.
On the Night of Broken Glass, Nazis
converted the homes of Jewish people into labor camps.
began the mass murder of Jewish people in death camps.
confiscated the belongings of Jewish prisoners and sold them.
attacked Jewish people, burned synagogues and pillaged businesses.
In concentration camps, prisoners were
trained as soldiers and forced to fight for Germany in the war.
tattooed with ID numbers, and then sent home.
experimented on and forced to do hard labor.
given good medical care.
What was Hitler's "Final Solution"?
executing all non-Aryans
executing all Jewish people
imprisoning all non-Germans
imprisoning all Jewish people
Which line best peaks to the role that German citizens played in the events of the Holocaust?
“Persecuting the disabled and Roma, too...”
“They tattooed ID numbers on every captive.”
“...would you even have hope?”
“It happened ’cause good people didn’t stand up.”
Remembering the events of the Holocaust helps us
learn how to stop a genocide.
honor the legacy of the victims.
work to ensure that such events never happen again.
all of the above
Which of the following term describes the German government under Hitler?
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Dictatorship
What was the main function of the Jewish ghettos of Europe?
To separate Jews from the rest of the population.
To prevent Jews from owning property.
To allow Jews to better socialize with one another.
To make sure Jews had easy access to places of worship.
Which of the following is an example of genocide?
When an individual hates an entire race of people.
When a person is murdered because of his ethnicity.
When an entire ethnic group is wiped out.
When ethnic discrimination is legalized by the government.
Why did Hitler blame the Jews for Germany's problems?
The Jews had helped the Allies defeat Germany in World War I.
It was easy to blame all the country's problems on one minority group.
Hitler had a bad incident with a Jewish classmate when he was a schoolboy.
Hitler's parents were secretly Jewish.
Place the following events in sequence: A) Antisemitism begins in Europe; B) Six million Jews are murdered; C) Hitler comes to power
A,C,B
A,B,C
C,A,B
B,A,C
What is a quota?
A law that makes discrimination legal
A limit on how many people are allowed to participate in something
A particularly violent form of Antisemitism
A form of dictatorship
What effect did the Nuremberg Laws have on Germany's Jewish population?
They forced the entire Jewish population into concentration camps
They restricted the rights Jewish people had
They prevented Jews from living inside ghettos
They made being Jewish a crime
What was the Final Solution?
America's war plan against Germany
A law that denied Jews citizenship
A Jewish revolt in the Warsaw ghetto
The Nazis' plan to murder all European Jews
As soon as Hitler took over, he began persecuting Jews. In the previous sentence, what does "persecuting" mean?
killing
discriminating against
isolating
passing laws against
What other groups did the Nazis target for extermination?
Gypsies and Communists
People of French descent
Anyone who wasn't a Nazi
Catholic people
What is anti-Semitism?
hating Jews
hating Muslims
hating education
hating Christians
What did Anne Frank call her family’s hiding place?
the Hideout
the Hidden Attic
the Secret Annex
the Underground Station
True or False: Anne only wrote about politics and the war in her diary.
True
False
How much did Anne write while in hiding?
10 pages
23 notebooks full
hundreds of pages
a few short diary entries
While in hiding, ________ helped the Franks.
the government
a few friends
Otto's family
no one
Anne hoped that her diary would
never be found.
help defeat Nazis.
be read by a famous people.
get published after the war.
What tragic event happened in 1944?
Nazi police found the Secret Annex.
Anne’s best friend Jacqueline died.
Nazis invaded Holland.
World War II began.
Anne was ________ years old when she died.
25
21
15
13
Anne ended up at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with
her mother
her brother.
her father.
her sister.
Otto Frank had Anne’s diary published
after Anne's death.
against Anne’s wishes.
while Anne was in the concentration camp.
before the Franks were discovered by the Nazis.
Anne Frank's family left Germany in order to:
Join the war effort
Return to their homeland
Escape discrimination
Move to America
Antisemitism is discrimination against:
Jews
Christians
Germans
Nazis
Unlike in Germany, the Nazis came to power in the Netherlands through:
popular election
military conquest
civil war
foreign alliance
What was the Secret Annex?
Germany's invasion of Poland
A Nazis prison camp
The name of Otto Frank's business
The Frank family's hiding place
Which fact supports the argument that many non-Jews disagreed with Nazi policies?
The Franks arrived in the Netherlands before the war
Many Jews in the Netherlands went into hiding
Non-Jewish workers helped the Franks in hiding
Nazi laws generally did not target non-Jews
An entry in Anne Frank's diary might describe:
Observations about the cramped conditions in the Annex
Insecurities about her relationship with Peter
Anxiety over news from the outside world
All of the above
Anne Frank's writing can best be described as:
Authentic
Humorless
Pessimistic
Impersonal
Who was Miep Gies?
Another person who lived in the Annex
The helper who saved Anne Frank's diary
A spy who reported the Franks to the Nazis
A fellow prisoner at the Bergen-Belsen camp
Otto Frank _____ the publication of his daughter's diary.
strongly opposed
had no say in
approved and aided
died before
For generations of readers, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has come to symbolize:
The strength of the human spirit
The dangers of political extremism
The hopelessness of conflict
The foolishness of adolescence
True or False: Anne circumstances forced her to grow up quickly.
True
False
True or False: At 6:00 pm when everyone went home the people in hiding were free to roam the building.
True
False
True or False: Anne pretended to write in her diary to imaginary friends and her favorite imaginary friend.
True
False
The Nazi Party blamed Jews for Germany's problems, treating them as __________.
collaborators
scapegoats
rivals
rebels
Which of these newspaper headlines describes an act of genocide?
UN Troops Patrol Streets of Haiti After Earthquake
American Air Force Unleashes "Shock & Awe" Campaign on Iraq
Sudan Gov't Executes Thousands of Non-Arab Citizens
Indian, Pakistani Soldiers Clash Along Disputed Border
Wiesel kept silent at first about his experiences during the Holocaust in part because he:
Feared punishment from remaining Nazi leaders.
Was ashamed of his family's actions in the camps.
Felt guilty for surviving when so many died.
Doubted the public was interested in the subject.
A memoir is most similar to a(n):
novel
article
play
autobiography
What does Night convey that official reports on the Holocaust didn't?
A more accurate total of how many Jews were killed
The impact of this dark period on Germany's future
Multiple survivors' viewpoints of the camps
Details about the depth of human suffering endured
What does Eliezer lose while he is imprisoned in a concentration camp?
Religious devotion
Family members
His own sense of humanity
All of the above
Wiesel wrote Night in French in order to:
Increase readers' intimacy with the main character
Appeal to a broader audience
Decrease the length of the narrative
Make a statement about the Yiddish language
How did writing Night impact Wiesel's life?
It helped him find answers to his questions about the Holocaust
It made it easier to forget the trauma of the camps
It motivated him to write about other topics in other genres
It launched his career as a writer and spokesman
Which quote best describes Wiesel's sense of responsibility as a Holocaust survivor?
"Peace is our gift to each other."
"Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
"Even in darkness it is possible to create light."
What goal unites Wiesel's work as an author, educator, and advocate for peace?
Speaking up for those who are helpless.
Exposing the evils of dictatorial leaders.
Encouraging more spending on foreign aid.
Building stronger diplomatic ties among nations.
