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Seizure of Art
War in France and North Africa
War in Europe
End of WW2 and After
Politics of Memory
100
The term used to describe the modern art that the Nazis condemned.
Degenerate
100
The name of the puppet government in unoccupied Southern France?
Vichy France
100
The name of the Greek city that was a Jewish center and lost 98% of its Jews.
Salonika/ Thessaloniki
100
What Jewish survivors were called when they had no home after the war.
Displaced Persons
100
The name of the museum in the United States on the Holocaust.
Holocaust Memorial Museum
200
The type of music condemned by Nazis for its relation to cabaret culture and blacks.
Jazz music
200
The name of the attack and liberation of the North African countries by Allied troops.
Operation Torch
200
The country that saved most of their Jews through an overnight rescue operation.
Denmark
200
Hitler's order to destroy all traces of German occupation when he realized Germany was going to lose the war.
Nero Order
200
The three Germanies
East, West, Unified
300
The group that was created to seize Jewish art
Rosenberg Commission/Task Force
300
The three North African countries under French control that the Nazis went after.
Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria
300
The name of the concentration camp where Jews were deported in the Netherlands?
Westerbork
300
The group that tried Nazis perpetrators for their crimes against humanity.
Nuremberg Trials/ International Military Tribunal (IMT)
300
Poland and East Germany saw the war as a struggle between these two groups.
Communists and Capitalists
400
What kind of art did Nazis support?
Classics - Greek and Roman Depictions of Aryans Heroism, war, nuclear family Fertility
400
What is the usual three step process that Jews go through on their way to the death camps?
Identification --> Isolation --> Deportation
400
Why is Bulgaria considered a paradox?
Saved all native Jews Did not resist initial German occupation
400
Why was this time in history called the "Holocaust" instead of calling it a genocide?
Holocaust focuses on victims Genocide focuses on perpetrators
400
How were Jewish populations in the US different before and after WW2?
Pre - immigrant population Post - suburban population
500
What are two gains Nazis got from taking Jewish art?
Jewish humiliation Money Art collection Control of propaganda
500
What were two reasons Germany went after the North African countries?
Wannsee Conference - kill Jews Route to invade Soviet Union Cut Allies oil supply
500
Why was the occupation of Yugoslavia the most brutal?
Resisted German army attempt to pass through Created partisan groups
500
Why did it take several years for the definition of "genocide" to be accepted by many countries?
Other countries were afraid it would be so broad that it would apply to things they have done (ex. Native Americans)
500
How did Poland and East Germany's memorialization of the Holocaust differ compared to West Germany?
East - national tragedy West - Jewish tragedy