Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ is treatment of someone unfairly or cruelly because of their race, religion or beliefs.
- 'persecution' ✓
- What triggered pogroms against Jews in Russia in 1881?
- a plague
- outbreak of a war
- an assassination ✓
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- Which European country had the highest Jewish population by the 1930s?
- Britain
- France
- Germany
- Poland ✓
- Soviet Union
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- How many Jews served in Germany's army during World War One (WW1)?
- None
- 1000
- 10 000
- 100 000 ✓
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- Almost all Jewish children went to public schools
- Almost all Jewish children went to Jewish faith schools
- Jewish children went to a mix of different schools ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Jews attacked as the Black Death spreads through Europe
- 2⇔Jews expelled from Spain
- 3⇔Jews emancipated in Germany
- 4⇔hundreds of thousands of Jews participate in fighting during WW1
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. Hate directed at Jewish people, or cruel or unfair treatment of people because they are Jewish is known as...
- 'antisemitism' ✓
- In what year did the Nazis come to power?
- '1933' ✓
- What was the initial aim of Nazi persecution of Jews?
- eliminate Jews in Germany
- isolate Jews in Germany ✓
- support Jews in Germany
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- The laws passed in 1935 which stripped Jews in Germany of their citizenship were known as the ______ Laws.
- 'Nuremberg' ✓
- Why were synagogues attacked during Kristallnacht?
- they were amongst the wealthiest sites in the Third Reich
- they were symbols of Judaism ✓
- they were used as bases for spying
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Nazis come to power
- 2⇔Nazis introduce a boycott of Jewish shops
- 3⇔Nuremberg Laws introduced
- 4⇔Jews forced to legally change their names
- 5⇔Kristallnacht
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Key learning points
- The Nazis believed Jews were 'inferior' and enemies of Germany.
- The Nazis subjected German Jews to persecution from 1933 onwards.
- The Nazis wanted to exclude the Jews from German society.
- Nazi persecution became more violent in 1938, including during Kristallnacht.
- Some Jews emigrated to escape Nazi persecution.
Common misconception
Nazi antisemitism meant they were immediately violent towards Jews.
Open violence as a part of Nazi persecution only became common in 1938.
Keywords
Antisemitism - hate directed at Jewish people, or cruel or unfair treatment of people because they are Jewish
Boycott - a situation in which people refuse to buy, use or do something because they do not approve of it
Synagogue - Jewish place of worship
Looted - to steal from shops and houses during a period of fighting
Emigrate - to permanently move out of a country
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