The Holocaust Flashcards
(23 cards)
when did the “Persecution” start
1935 when the Nuremberg Laws were passed making it illegal for Jews to do certain things like own a business
When the war ended in 1945 how many Jews had been killed
6 million Jews out of the 11 million total people killed in the whole war
Who was Hitler
He started the Nazi Party
Hated Jews
Absolute Dictator
What was anti semitism
hatred or prejudice of Jews
what was the Aryan race?
term used to desibre Germans as the suprioer peopel - white skin blond hair blue eyes tall
What was Hitlers racial belief
that Germans were racially superior to Jews and Jews must be destroyed
what 5 groups did Hitler order to be killed
Jews
Homosexuals
Disabled and mentally ill
Roma
Jehovah Witness
What was life like for Jews before the Holocaust
they were normal citizens with jobs business and houses
Why did Jews have to wear a yellow star
to identify them and to make them feel isolated like outcasts
when jews were captured where were they made to live? 3 places
ghettos (small walled areas)
other countries
concentration camps
at the Wannsee conference in 1942 the Nazis made plans for
The Final Solution
What was the Final Solution
Code word for the plan to exterminate all Jews -
was planned at the Wannsee Conference of the Nazi party
what was the actual result of the Final Solution
extermination of 2/3rd of all of europes Jews
What happened during the Holocaust to try to weaken the Jews - 3 things
- Synagogues burned
- Jews into concentraiton camps
- Jewish businesses destroyed (“Dont buy from Jews” campaign too)
what countries did Jews live in before the Holocaust
mostly Poland and USSR
also Austria France Italy Holland and Romania
what was kristallnacht
Night of the Broken Glass
9-10 Nov 1938
Riots across Germany where synogogues and Jewish homes were burned
how did the Nazis find jews
- census information where they had to identify themselves
- reports from neighbours
what were the forced labour camps
Jews who were storng enough to work had to do heavy work in these camps
Genocide means
the mass killing of people due to their beliefs or race
When the war endded in 1945 how many Jews had been killed
6 million Jews out of the 11 million total people killed in the whole war
what were the Nuremberg Laws
laws introduced in 1935 to take away the rights of Jews and to restrict their political and social life
what were the Nuremberg Trials
Court trials after the war of Nazi nvolved in the Final Solution (killing of Jews)
what was the Holocaust
mass slaughter of Jews and other groups regarded as inferior by the Nazis
