The Holocaust Flashcards
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Q
In their twelve years in power who did they persecute and why?
A
- Gypsies: Thought to be inferior people
- Other Races like Blacks
- Mentally handicapped: Were a threat to Nazi ideas about Germany becoming the master race
- Homosexuals: Were a threat to Nazi ideas about Family life.
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Q
Which race did the Nazis believe in the superiority of?
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The Aryan Race
2
Q
How many men and women were compulsorily sterilised between 1934-45?
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300,000 combined mean and women.
3
Q
When was the ‘Euthanasia programme’ introduced?
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1939
4
Q
How many people died because of the ‘Euthanasia Programme’?
A
At least 5,000 severely mentally handicapped babies and children were killed either by injection or starvation. Between 39-41, 72,000 mentally ill patients were gassed.
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Q
What did Anti-semitism mean?
A
The hatred of Jews
