What was the Holocaust questions
Why did World War II start?
France declared war on the Third Reich
What does holocaust mean?
'sacrifice by fire' - destruction and loss of life
What did Russian soldiers find in one warehouse in Auschwitz?
14 thousand pounds of human hair
How many daily calories were prisoners allowed?
180 (one bowl of cereal)
When was the Holocaust?
1933-1945
How many Jews were killed in two days at Kiev?
33,000
How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
Who was the Nazi leader?
Adolf Hitler
Where did Anti-Semitism begin?
Ancient Rome
What was the Wannsee Conference?
January 20, 1942 learn about Final Solution and use of poisonous gas
Who did Hitler blame for Germany losing World War I?
Jews
Who were killed in the Holocaust?
Jews
What happened after Kristallnacht (night of the broken glass)?
Jews were billed for the damages caused by the Nazis
Who was the Jewish-American soldier that Gerda later married?
Kurt Klein
What was the name of Hitler's book?
Mein Kampf
What does Mein Kampf mean?
My struggle
When did World War II start?
September 1, 1939
How long was World War II?
September 1, 1939 - May 1945
What was Hitler's new empire called?
Third Reich
Where is the Holocaust Memorial Museum?
Washington, D.C.
What made Gerda Weissmann feel like a human again in 1945?
an American soldier named Kurt Klein held the door open for her
What did the prisoners have to use for a toilet?
bucket
What happened to Adolf Eichmann?
caught by "Nazi hunters" in Argentina
What happened to Hitler?
committed suicide
What was the penalty for attempting to escape the ghetto?
death - shot if got too close to the fence
What is genocide?
deliberate killing of a group of people
What is a kaiser?
emperor
What happened if teachers did not follow Hitler's laws?
fired
Why were Jewish men arrested?
for being Jewish
Who was targeted other than Jews?
gays, Roma, disabled and religious/political groups
What is Anti-Semitism?
hatred of Jews
What did Hitler decide to do with the Jews while he was creating his empire?
he forced them to live in ghettos, separate areas of cities and towns
What did Hitler do while he was in prison after his first grab of power?
he wrote the book Mein Kampf, which means "My Struggle"
What false things were the Jewish blamed for doing?
kill Jesus, cause disease and bad crops
Why did they shave the prisoners' heads?
make them feel less human, used for thread for the uniforms and other things
Who was Oskar Schindler?
man that saved over one thousand Jews
How many died at Auschwitz?
more than one million
Why were the Jews not thought to be German or "Aryan"?
no blonde hair or blue eyes
What is a concentration camp?
prison with many people and horrible conditions
What happened after the prisoners arrived at a concentration camp?
prisoners heads were shaved and given a number and men and older boys were separated from women and older girls
How did the Germans trick the Jews?
showers were actually poisonous gas not water
How did Denmark stand up to Hitler?
smuggled over 7,000 Jews and their family members to Sweden
What is the German symbol?
swastika
What was Hitler's plan?
take over all of Europe
What is something that happened during Kristallnacht?
thousands of Jewish businesses were destroyed
What happened the night Hitler was sworn in as von Hindenburg's chancellor?
thousands watched the SS parade through Berlin's streets and saluted Hitler
What was the Final Solution?
top secret plan to wipe out all the Jewish people all over Poland
What did the prisoners have for breakfast?
watery soup, coffee, slice of bread
How was cash carried in Germany?
wheelbarrow
What was the plan of the top-secret, Final Solution?
wipe out the Jews in Polish death camps
What were the Jews required to wear?
yellow star badge
Who was Anne Frank?
young Jewish girl; her family hid from the Nazis for two years and she wrote a diary of her experiences
When was Hitler born?
April 20, 1889
When did Hitler name himself leader (fuhrer)?
August 2, 1934
Where did the Holocaust happen?
Auschwitz, Poland
Where was Hitler born?
Austria
What two groups of World War II?
Axis - Germany, Italy and Japan Allies - Great Britain and Soviet Union (US joined later)
What were the trials in 1949 called?
Nuremberg