Holocaust Flashcards
Why did Nazis muder millions of jews
Hitlers was a dictator and he believed germans were a superior race to Jews.
He started Anti semitism the hatred of jews and order Jews to be killed along with other groups he thought were inferior like disabled, gay and Roma
what was Hitlers racial belief?
that Germans were superior to other people especially Jews
each time Nazi conquered territory in Europe and captured Jews where did they put them (3 places)
ghettos
other countries
concentration camps
Why did Nazi murder millions of Jews?
to “cleanse” Germany and leave only “superior” Germans
what is the word for mass murder of a group of people based on race, culture or beliefs?
Genocide
The Holocaust was genocide
3 strategies in the Holocaust
synagogues in Germany were burned
Jews put in concentration camps
jewish businesses were destroyed (“Buy nothing from Jews” campaign)
When was the Wannsee Conference and what did it decide
1942 Wannsee Conference
Nazis made plans for the “Final Solution”
What was the result of the Final Solution
the extermination of 2/3rds of all Jews in Europe
(Final Solution was planned at the 1942 Wannsee Nazi Conference)
how many were killed in the holocaust?
XX million Jews and others from across Europe
Nazi plan for mass murder aimed at what 5 groups of people
disabled and mentally ill
Jews
homosexuals (gay men)
Roma
Jehovahs witness
What were the Nuremberg Trials
Naz leaders were charged with “crimes against humanity”
What did Adolf Hitler start?
The Nazi party
he hated Jews
he was an absolute dictator
After Hitler came to power what happened to jews
the gradually lost their rights - before the Haolocaust their life was normal with normal jobs and families - full citizens
why was the Holocaust unique
first time in history that anyone had tried to destroy the Jewish people
what was the Holocaust
An attempt y the Nazis to destroy the Jewish People
