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Holocaust Day 2023

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did World War II officially begin?

a)

August 1939

b)

April 1938

c)

September 1939

d)

May 1936

2.

Which country participated the least in the war?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

Italy

3.

Which country was the first to be invaded by Germany after the war broke out?

a)

China

b)

Poland

c)

Austria

d)

Yeman

4.

What other country, besides Englan, declared war on Germany in 1939?

a)

France

b)

Israel

c)

The USA

d)

Italy

5.

Which of the following countries was NOT invaded by Germany?

a)

Belgium

b)

Denmark

c)

Romania

d)

Sweden

6.

What was given the name "Operation Barbarossa?"

a)

The Turkish invasion to Cyprus

b)

The German invasion of the Soviet Union

c)

The Japanese invasion of China

d)

The German annexation of Austria

7.

When did the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begin? (a hint- This year is its 80th anniversary)

a)

May 21, 1940

b)

April 19, 1943

c)

May 20, 1942

d)

April 18, 1941

8.

What climate factor was part of the reason Germany was defeated in Russia?

a)

the sun

b)

mud of the winter

c)

storms

d)

hurricanes

9.

How did Hitler die?

a)

He drowned.

b)

He was burned in a movie theatre by Jews

c)

He fell from the Tower of London.

d)

He committed suicide.

10.

What happened in the Sobibor Uprising in 1943?

a)

Prisoners killed 11 SS guards and police auxiliaries and set the camp on fire.

b)

Prisoners managed to free 1,000 Jews.

c)

Prisoners succeeded in killing more than 1,000 Nazis.

d)

Prisoners set 2,000 Nazis on fire.

11.

Who was the Nazi criminal who was captured by the Jews and brought to trial in Israel and what was his punishment?

a)

Adolf Eichmann-

He was hanged.

b)

Joseph Goebbels- He was electrecuted.

c)

Adolf Hitler-

He was given a lethal injection.

d)

Rudolf Hess- He was electrocuted.

12.

What did the "Nuremberg Laws" enacted in 1935 forbid?

a)

Buying food in German stores

b)

marriages and between Jewish and German people

c)

Jews using German transportation

d)

Jews becoming lawyers and doctors