Germany prospered (did well) economically prior to the worldwide Great Depression.

Adolf Hitler tried to take control of the German government in 1923, ten years before he became chancellor.

Prior to 1933, Hitler’s desire to eliminate European Jews was kept a secret.

Hitler seized control of Germany in a military coup (violent overthrow).

The Nazis used propaganda to gain supporters, offering simple solutions and blaming scapegoats for Germany’s problems.

The Nazis never received more than 38% of the vote in a national election prior to 1933.

Jews were the first group to be sent to concentration camps.

The Nazis rejected stories of Germany’s patriotic history and did not try to reassure average Germans about Hitler’s leadership.

German soldiers swore an oath of allegiance to Hitler, not to Germany.

Nazi racial ideology labeled Jews, Slavs, Blacks, and Roma [gypsies] as racially inferior.

The Kristallnacht attacks in November 1938 were spontaneous and surprised Nazi authorities.

Jews could be released from concentration camps in the late 1930s if they promised to immigrate (move) to another country.

The German invasion of France was very unpopular among the German people.

German soldiers were trained in Nazi racism.

Nazi Germany refused to allow local collaborators, like police, to aid in mass murder.

At least two million Jews were murdered in mass shootings in eastern Europe.

Many Jews, especially in eastern Europe, were centralized in ghettos, sometimes for years, prior to being deported to forced labor, concentration camps, and killing centers.

At Auschwitz-Birkenau, all Jews were sent immediately to gas chambers.

The word “genocide” was created to describe crimes like the Holocaust.