Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. A ______ is a situation in which people refuse to buy, use or do something because they do not approve of it.
- 'boycott' ✓
- What happened as a result of the Nuremberg Laws?
- Jewish shops were boycotted
- Jews were banned from marrying non-Jews ✓
- Jews lost their right to vote ✓
- Jews were forced to change their names
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- What was the German name for the 'Night of Broken Glass' which occurred in November 1938?
- 'Kristallnacht' ✓
- What proportion of Jewish owned businesses in 1933 were transferred to the control of non-Jews or the German state under the policy of Aryanisation?
- 20%
- 40% ✓
- 60%
- 80%
- 100%
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Based on the poster, which inference is most valid?- The Nazis believed Jews were rich
- The Nazis believed Jews were born abroard
- The Nazis believed Jews were part of an international conspiracy ✓
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- Nazi persecution was initially violent but became less extreme over time
- Nazi persecution initially focused on isolating Jews rather than open violence ✓
- Nazi persecution of Jews was always extremely violent
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Exit quiz
- What were the areas in towns and cities where the Nazis forced Jews to live known as?
- 'ghettos' ✓
- Where were purpose-built gas chambers used by the Nazis located?
- concentraton camps
- extermination camps ✓
- ghettos
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- How many Jews were brought under Nazi rule after the invasion of Poland in 1939?
- one million
- two million ✓
- four million
- eight million
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- Jews imprisoned in Lodz ghetto were required to do what?
- armed service
- forced labour ✓
- religious conversion
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- Which method of killing was used in the Babi Yar Massacre?
- gas chambers
- mass shooting ✓
- starvation
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Invasion of Poland
- 2⇔First ghettos set up
- 3⇔Invasion of the USSR
- 4⇔Einsatzgruppen carried out the Babi Yar Massacre
- 5⇔'Final Solution' agreed upon by Nazi leaders
- 6⇔Extermination camps like Belzec became operational
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Key learning points
- Germany occupied much of Europe during WW2.
- German expansion increased the Jewish population under Nazi rule and led to more extreme persecution.
- Ghettos were set up across Europe but their purpose changed over time.
- The 'Final Solution' was decided upon by the end of 1941.
- Extermination camps were set up as part of the 'Final Solution' and killed millions of Jews.
Common misconception
Most Jews murdered during the Holocaust were killed in gas chambers in concentration camps.
Gas chambers were set-up in specially constructed extermination camps for Jews and killed millions, but roughly half of all Holocaust victims were killed by other means.
Keywords
Ghetto - an area of a city where people of a particular race or religion live
Deportation - to force a person considered foreign to leave a country
Forced labour - the use of prisoners as unpaid workers
'final solution' - the name of the Nazis plan to murder all European Jews
Einsatzgruppen - mobile Nazi killing squad
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