EQ5: Holocaust Flashcards
(26 cards)
What year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
1933
What laws stripped German Jews of their citizenship?
The Nuremberg Laws
What event began the Second World War?
The German invasion of Poland in 1939
When were ghettos established?
1939
What began in 1941 regarding the Jews in Eastern Europe?
The Einsatzgruppen began to massacre Jews
What significant conference occurred in 1942?
The Wannsee Conference
When did the first gas chambers open?
1942
What happened in 1945 related to Auschwitz?
Liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops
Who recorded a report from Belsen in 1945?
Richard Dimbleby
What is genocide?
The crime of attempting to destroy a group of people united by ethnicity or religion.
What does antisemitism mean?
Hatred and discrimination towards Jews.
What is active resistance?
Violently working against the Nazis to remove their influence.
What is passive resistance?
Nonviolent refusal to follow Nazi orders.
What was Kristallnacht?
A nationwide riot against Jewish communities in Germany.
What are ghettos?
Certain areas of towns and cities that Jews were forced to live in.
What were Einsatzgruppen?
Squads of police used to round up and kill partisans and Jews.
What is Bergen-Belsen?
A death camp where 70,000 Jews and ‘undesirables’ were murdered.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Leader of the Nazi Party.
Who was Joseph Goebbels?
Nazi propaganda minister who encouraged Kristallnacht.
Who was Karl Lueger?
Anti-Semitic Mayor of Vienna who influenced Hitler.
Who was Dr. Michael Siegel?
A Jewish doctor in Munich who was humiliated by being forced to walk through Munich wearing a sign over his head.
Who was Elsa Binder?
She lived in Stanistawów ghetto; her diary offers invaluable insight into life in the ghettos.
Who was Heinrich Himmler?
Head of the SS, which ran the death camps.
Who was Josima Feldschuh?
Lead soloist of the Jewish symphony Orchestra in the Warsaw Ghetto.
