Policies Towards The Jews 1940-41

Question 1

Where and when was the first ghetto set up?

Answer 1

Lodz,Poland in Feb 1940

Question 2

When was the Warsaw ghetto established?

Answer 2

October 1940

Question 3

When were the Einsatzgruppen ordered to kill Jews and communists?

Answer 3

July 1941

Question 4

What happened in December 1941?

Answer 4

Jews in Germany forced to wear the Star of David

Question 5

What was operation Barbabarossa?

Answer 5

Invasion of the Soviet Union

Question 6

What did Hitler order before war with the USSR?

Answer 6

Elimination of “Bolshevik-Jewish intelligentsia”

Question 7

What had happened to Jews by late 1941?

Answer 7

• Banned from owning radios
• Excluded from rations
• Had to have a permit to travel

Question 8

How many people on average shared a room in the ghettos?

Answer 8

6

Question 9

What diseases occured in the ghetto?

Answer 9

• Spotted fever
• Typhus
• Typhoid
• Tuberculosis

Question 10

In the Warsaw ghetto what was the average caloric intake per day?

Answer 10

300

Question 11

What was the intention of ghettos?

Answer 11

• Store Jewish people
• Jews would die of starvation and disease

Question 12

How many died in ghettos?

Answer 12

500,000

Question 13

What were the Einsatzgruppen?

Answer 13

•Killing groups
•Mass killings

Question 14

What were the Einsatzgruppen made up of?

Answer 14

Police and regular troops

Question 15

How many did Einsatzgruppen special group A kill?

Answer 15

250,000