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The Holocaust: Never Forget

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term means a methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy? It called for the elimination of Jews, Roma Gypsies, homosexuals, and the mentally and physically disabled.

a)

ghetto

b)

Holocaust

c)

Aushwitz

d)

Mein Kampf

2.

Which term means camps mainly located in Poland used under the rule of Hitler for the purpose of killing prisoners immediately?

a)

ghettos

b)

concentration camps

c)

Krystallnacht

d)

death camps

3.

Which term means mobile Nazi strike forces that killed innocent Jews with their infamous "death squads?"

a)

Einsatzgruppen

b)

Propaganda

c)

The White Rose

d)

Final Solution

4.

Which term means a separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live?

a)

einsatzgruppen

b)

death camps

c)

ghetto

d)

concentration camp

5.

Which country was NOT a part of the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Great Britain

d)

Japan

6.

Which country was NOT a part of the Allied Powers?

a)

China

b)

Great Britain

c)

United States of America

d)

Soviet Union (Russia)

7.

This person protected the Jewish from the Nazis and saved many lives by hiring Jewish Workers in his factory.

a)

Irene Butter

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Art Spiegelman

d)

Oskar Schindler

8.

Which term means prejudice against Jews?

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Krystallnacht

c)

Holocaust

d)

Einsatzgruppen

9.

What piece of literature was a graphic novel biography about a father's experience of the Holocaust in Poland?

a)

Night

b)

Maus

c)

Shores Beyond Shores

d)

My Struggle

10.

What was the total number of people killed during The Holocaust?

a)

6 million

b)

8 million

c)

11 million

d)

15 million

11.

Which term means "Night of the Broken Glass" in which Nazis attacked Jewish communities across Germany?

a)

Einsatzgruppen

b)

Hilterjugend

c)

Nuremberg

d)

Krystallnacht

12.

What were the series of court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II, in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity?

a)

Nuremberg Trials

b)

Final Solution

c)

Propaganda

d)

D-Day

13.

What was the most notorious deathcamp?

a)

Warsaw Ghetto

b)

Theresienstadt

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Bergen Belsen

14.

Who wrote Shores Beyond Shores?

a)

Irene Butter

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Art Spiegelman

d)

Oskar Schindler

15.

Who wrote Night?

a)

Irene Butter

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Art Spiegelman

d)

Oskar Schindler

16.

Who wrote Maus?

a)

Irene Butter

b)

Elie Wiesel

c)

Art Spiegelman

d)

Oskar Schindler

17.

Which piece of literature was an autobiography about a young girl's experience in the Holocaust?

a)

Shores Beyond Shores

b)

Night

c)

Maus

d)

My Struggle

18.

Which piece of literature was an autobiography about a young man's experience in Auschwitz?

a)

Shores Beyond Shores

b)

Night

c)

Maus

d)

My Struggle

19.

Which term means prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death.

a)

concentration camp

b)

ghettos

c)

propaganda

d)

death camps

20.

What was the revolt that took place in April 1943 in the Warsaw Ghetto when the Germans attempted to deport the remaining inhabitants to Treblinka? The defense forces fought the Germans for 27 days before this ghetto was destroyed.

a)

D-Day

b)

Kindertransport

c)

Krystallnacht

d)

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

21.

What is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view?

a)

propaganda

b)

ghetto

c)

anti-semitism

d)

final solution

22.

Which piece of literature repeats this line of poetry: "Never Will I Forget?"

a)

Shores Beyond Shores

b)

Night

c)

Maus

d)

My Stuggle

23.

What was a group of German college students opposed to the Nazi's mission that published anti-Nazi tracts?

a)

The White Rose

b)

Einsatzgruppen

c)

Mein Kampf

d)

Allied Powers

24.

What percentage of European Jews were murdered in The Holocaust?

a)

50%

b)

67%

c)

75%

d)

99%

25.

Who was Hitler's second in command?

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Art Spiegelman

d)

Oskar Schindler

26.

Who was Hitler's propaganda minister?

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Elie Wiesel

d)

Oskar Schindler

27.

What was the British rescue operation that saved thousands of Jewish children?

a)

Einsatzgruppen

b)

Final Solution

c)

Hitler Youth

d)

Kindertransport

28.

Which of these does the word Holocaust NOT translate into?

a)

Burnt Whole

b)

Evil Death

c)

Complete Destruction By Fire

29.

What was the total number of Jews killed in The Holocaust?

a)

4 million

b)

6 million

c)

9 million

d)

11 million

30.

Which was NOT a Nazi group for Aryan students to brainwash them into believing in the superiority of their race?

a)

Hilter Youth

b)

German League of Girls

c)

The White Rose

31.

What was the name of Hilter's autobiography?

a)

Shores Beyond Shores

b)

Night

c)

Maus

d)

Mein Kampf

32.

What was the percentage of Polish Jews murdered in The Holocaust?

a)

65%

b)

75%

c)

86%

d)

99%

33.

These 1935 laws defined the status of Jews and withdrew citizenship from persons of non-German blood.

a)

Nuremberg Laws

b)

Apartheid

c)

Anti-Jewish Laws

d)

Jim Crow Laws

34.

What was the name of the concentration camp where children secretly wrote poetry and created art?

a)

Aushwitz

b)

Bergen Belsen

c)

Mauthausen

d)

Theresienstadt

35.

What was the name of the allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944?

a)

V for Victory Day

b)

The Final Solution

c)

D-Day

d)

Pearl Harbor

36.

What was Hitler's plan to systematically kill the entire Jewish population of Europe?

a)

D-Day

b)

Final Solution

c)

Krystallnacht

d)

Nuremberg Laws