Due to the trauma and suicidality of the Einsatzgruppen, Himmler at first offered a 6 months on/6 months off work schedule, but in the end decided to use these types of concentration camps as they involved a less personal way of killing.
What were Death Camps (Killing Centers)?
The word "Ghetto" comes from the Jewish Quarter of this city in Italy.
What is Venice?
At the Wannsee Conference, the Nazis decided what to do with the Jews of Europe, as they realized that simply deporting them or working them to death in labor camps would fail to resolve the 'Jewish Problem' in a 'timely manner', in what would become known as this.
What is the Final Solution?
In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins wins this in a game of riddles. Well, kinda, since the last riddle was simply the question, "What do I have in my pocket?"
What is the Ring of Power?
Head of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), this man promised Hitler he could invade and take England in a matter of weeks with 260,000 troops.
Who was Hermann Goring?
In November 1938, Nazis burned down Jewish synagogues and places of business on this famous night of broken glass.
What is Kristallnacht?
At the height of the Holocaust, this many Jews were killed at the Death Camps on a daily basis.
What is 6,000?
It is believed that it was the finding of their bones by our ancestors are what became the basis of tales and legends about dragons and giants.
What are Dinosaurs?
He was the head of the SS and Gestapo, and was directly responsible for deciding which of the SS would serve as leaders of the Einsatzgruppen or as Kommandants of the Concentration Camps.
Who was Heinrich Himmler?
According to the Nuremberg Laws, anyone with three or more Jewish grandparents was themselves a Jew and was required to wear a yellow Star of David on their chest or on this additional piece of clothing.
What is an armband?
What is Dunkirk?
Festa Omnium Sanctorum in Latin was known in Germany as Allerheiligen, or this sweet holiday in English.
What is All Saints' or Halloween?
The Nazis believed that Germans were directly and purely descended from these people, who once lived near India and were considered the ancestors of White Europeans.
Who are the Aryans?
Jews believe they are descended of the 12 Tribes of Israel (the name given by God to the Prophet Jacob), whose story is found in the Book of Genesis, which can be found in this larger collection of Hebrew Scriptures.
What is the Torah?
What is the TNK (Tanakh)?
This President of the United States refused to accept many Jewish refugees fleeing Europe at the outset of the war.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
Vince McMahon, owner of the WWF at the time, was outraged when "Macho Man" Randy Savage left his wrestling promotion for WCW, mostly because Savage took a Promotional Deal with this Gas Station and Deli impulse buy meat-based food item.
What is Slim Jim?
This sociopath was the Kommandant of the Plaszow Concentration Camp, and personally liked to kill many of the Jews in his camp by shooting them from his balcony in the morning.
Who is Amon Goth?
The Hasidic Community is considered Ultra-Orthodox, even though they follow the mysticism of Judaism, known as Kabbalah, and taught through this book written by the Baal Shem Tov.
What is the Zohar?
The German Army, known as the Wehrmacht, invaded Belgium and this nation on the same day, possibly as a diversion to their planned invasion of France.
What is the Netherlands?
Vietnamese Cuisine has many influences from other cultures, such as the Mongolian influence of dumplings, Thai and Indian influence of peanuts, and this nation's influence best seen in a Banh Mi, a sandwich made of pickled carrots, jicama, and pork between a baguette cut in half.
What is France?