People
History of the Holocaust
Important Vocabulary
Geography
Misc.
100
This person wrote the manifesto, Mein Kampf, and was known at one point for their mediocre artistic talents.
Who is Hitler
100
What is the date range typically used to describe the years of the Holocaust? (Note: This is NOT the same as the years used to describe the dates of WWII)
a) 1933-1945
b) 1939-1944
c) 1941-1945
c) When is 1941–1945
100
Radio, the press, feature films and newsreels, theater, music, art exhibits, books, the school curriculum, sports, are all types of this:
a) Advertisements
b) Propaganda
c) News sources
What is b) Propaganda
100
Which country had the most concentration camps?
A) Hungary
B) Poland
C) Germany
D) Russia
What is B) Poland
100
Which of the following was NOT a method of resistance used by many Jews during the Holocaust:
a) Hide/Convert
b) Fight back
c) Flee to America or to Israel
d) Join the German SS army
d) Join the German SS army
200
This person hid during the Holocaust in the city of Amsterdam. They had relatives survive but they did not.
Who is Anne Frank
200
What was the name of the deadliest concentration camp?
What is Auschwitz
200
The term used by Hitler for Head of State
a) Führer
b) President
c) Chancellor
What is a) Führer
200
Which country saved 90% of its Jewish population?
A) Denmark
B) Austria
C) Switzerland
D) France
What is A) Denmark
200
What was the German name for the Night of Broken Glass? (And/Or Can you tell me what happened on that night?)
What is Kristallnacht. This was a pogrom against Jews where windows were smashed on Jewish buildings and synagogues. Many places were burned to the ground.
300
This person won the Nobel-Prize for writing. They went to Auschwitz but survived. Their story lives on in the pages of their many books.
Who is Elie Wiesel
300
In the early 1920s Hitler tried to stage a coup in this German city, but got arrested and sent to prison where he wrote his infamous manifesto, Mein Kamf.
a) Berlin
b) Munich
c) Hamburg
Where is Munich
300
These camps were used by the Nazis from 1941 to 1945 to murder Jews and other "unwanted" individuals.
What are death camps or extermination camps
300
In this map of Europe (pre-Treaty of Versaille), which country is in blue?
What is Germany
300
What was the name of the ship that got turned around and sent back to Europe after trying to enter Cuba and the U.S.?
What is the MS St. Louis
400
This person was originally from Italy. They were a chemist by training. He worked in a rubber factory during his time in Auschwitz and this helped him to survive.
Who is Primo Levi
400
What were the 1st three stages that led to the Holocaust?
(Here are the 6 stages to choose from: Isolation, Definition, Mass Murder, Ghettoization, Emigration, Deportation)
What are: Definition, Isolation, Emigration
400
The aim of this type of camp was to contain prisoners in one place. The administration of the camps had a distinct disregard for inmates’ lives and health, and as a result, tens of thousands of people perished within the camps.
What are Concentration Camps
400
Oskar Schindler saved thousands of Jews by keeping them safe in his factory. In what country was his factory?
A) Germany
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Poland
D) Hungary
What is B) Czechoslovakia
400
Remember the Treaty of Versaille? Which of the following was NOT a major component of the treaty?
A) Territorial restrictions
B) Military restrictions
C) Educational restrictions
D) Economic restrictions
What is C) Educational restrictions
500
This person was a German-Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. He was captured by the Israeli Mossad in Argentina on 11 May 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in a widely publicized trial in Jerusalem, where he received the death penalty 1962.
A) Adolf Eichmann
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Josef Mengele
Who is Adolf Eichmann
500
What was the name of the Treaty that ended WWI and led to many consequences for Germany?
What is the Treaty of Versailles
500
This was a place where groups of people were kept forcibly segregated from others. The Nazis used them to isolate and contain the Jewish population of occupied Europe.
What is a ghetto
500
By the end of the war, which European country had the highest number of deaths of their Jewish population
What is Poland
Jewish population of Poland in 1937: 3,350,000
Deaths: 2,770,000–3,000,000
500
What were the last three stages that led to the Holocaust? (in order)
(Here are the 6 stages to choose from: Isolation, Definition, Mass Murder, Ghettoization, Emigration, Deportation)
What are Ghettoization, Deportation, and Mass Murder