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Post 1939 events
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The systemic, state-sponsored persecution and annihilation of European Jews by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945
What is The Holocaust?
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He saved Jews from death at Auschwitz by employing them in his factories
Who is Oskar Schindler?
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All Jews had to wear this on their clothing
What is the Star of David?
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Polish Jews were rounded up and forced into these crowded living arrangements
What are Ghettos?
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The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular race or nation
What is Genocide?
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He wrote the book "Night", his autobiographical account of the Holocaust
Who is Elie Wiesel?
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Jews were often transported from Ghettos to the concentration camps in these
What are cattle cars?
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Probably the biggest, most infamous Death camp
What is Auschwitz?
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this term refers to hatred and/or discrimination toward Jews
What is Anti-Semitism?
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He directed the 1993 film Schindler's List
Who is Steven Speilberg?
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In 1935 these laws were passed that were very discriminatory toward Jews
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
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These were mobile killing units that followed the regular army into Soviet Russia and killed around 1 million Jews
What are the Einsatzgruppen?
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This was a term misused by Hitler identify what he considered “The Master Race”
What is The Aryan Race?
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He was an SS doctor, performed sick and twisted experiments on concentration camp prisoners
Who is Josef Mengele?
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The Night of the Broken Glass
What is Kristallnacht?
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Nazi war criminals were tried at these trials after the war
What are the Nuremberg Trials?
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These were death sqauds that rolled through Poland, following the German army in 1939 and executing around 1 million Jews
What is the Einsatzgruppen?
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He was the man in charge of the SS
Who is Hienrich Himmler?
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Most Jews were executed en masse in these
What are Gas Chambers?
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It was at this conference that the top ranking Nazi's in Germany decided "The Final Solution"
What is the Wanssee Conference?
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