The Final Solution

Question 1

What happened in January 1942?

Answer 1

The Wansee conference

Question 2

What happened in July 1942?

Answer 2

Round up of Jews in Vichy France

Question 3

What happened in May 1943?

Answer 3

Concentration of all killings at Auschwitz

Question 4

What happened in June 1943?

Answer 4

Start of deportation of Jews from Germany

Question 5

What happened in June 1944?

Answer 5

Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auswichtz

Question 6

What happened in November 1944?

Answer 6

Destruction and evacuation of Auschwitz

Question 7

What happened in January 1945?

Answer 7

Liberation of Auschwitz

Question 8

What happened in April 1945?

Answer 8

•Liberation of Belsen and KZ Mauthhausen
•Hitler suicide

Question 9

What happened in May 1945?

Answer 9

Germany surrenders

Question 10

Where did the “final solution” originate?

Answer 10

• Began in Mein Kampf
• Urgency as Germany was losing the war

Question 11

What was the Wansee conference?

Answer 11

• Implementation of the final solution
• Informed senior bureaucrats of their role
• 15 high ranking Nazi officials

Question 12

What was the final solution?

Answer 12

• Mass killings were accelerated
• Killings were higher priority than military
• Ghettos destroyed

Question 13

What was the camp system?

Answer 13

• Designed to kill Jews
• Often located outside Germany

Question 14

How many were killed in Auschwitz?

Answer 14

•1.1-1.8 million

Question 15

Was there a Jewish resistance?

Answer 15

Yes:
• Warsaw uprising
• Partisans

Question 16

What were the death marches?

Answer 16

• Forced marches of Jews
• 250,000-400,000 died

Question 17

Who had responsibility for the holocaust?

Answer 17

• Hitler
• The SS
• Nazi leaders
• German people