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Where in Europe could the largest population of Jews be found before the Second World War?

1. Poland

2. Soviet Union

3. Germany

In 1933, what percentage of the German population was Jewish?

1. Less than 1%

2. Approximately 15%

3. More than 30%

What were shtetls?

1. Towns or villages with a large Jewish population

    

2. Camps in western Europe

3. A building where someone could pray

When did hostility towards Jews begin?

1. During medieval times

2. In Roman times

3. When the Nazis came to power

How did the Nazis come to power in 1933?

1. They seized power violently

2. They won the majority of votes in an election

3. They were invited to form a government

Which Nazi leader was in charge of the SS?

1. Goering

2. Himmler

3. Heydrich

Between 1933 and 1939, what were concentration camps in Germany used as?

1. Places to imprison and intimidate German people

2. Places to commit mass murder

3. Places to look after and protect German people

The Nazis persecuted (or unfairly treated) a number of different groups of people. Which group do you think each of the following statements applies to?
“They were unfairly blamed for Germany’s defeat in the First World War.”

1. Jehovah’s Witnesses

2. Jews

3. Roma and Sinti (Gypsies)

The Nazis persecuted (or unfairly treated) a number of different groups of people. Which group do you think the following statement applies to?
“They were the first victims of the Nazis’ mass murder programme (‘Euthanasia’ programme)”

1. Disabled people

2. Gay men

3. Jews

The Nazis persecuted (or unfairly treated) a number of different groups of people. Which group do you think each of the following statements applies to? They were persecuted because of their beliefs

1. Jews

2. Jehovah’s Witnesses

3. Roma and Sinti (Gypsies)

The Nuremberg Laws were introduced by the Nazis in 1935. What impact did they have on the lives of German Jews?

1. They could no longer work for the government

2. They could no longer be German citizens

    

3. They could no longer own businesses or sell goods and services

How did the outcome of the Evian Conference in 1938 affect Germany’s Jews?

1. They were sent to concentration camps

2. Their businesses and shops were boycotted

3. It was very difficult to leave Germany and go to other countries

What was ‘Kristallnacht’?

1. When Austria became part of Germany

2. A night of violence against Jewish people, their homes and businesses

3. A law that said German Jews were no longer German citizens

Which event happened in 1933?

1. Jewish passports were stamped with a ‘J’

2. Violence broke out against Jewish people and their homes

3. The Nazis tried to convince people not to buy from Jewish shops

Beginning in October 1939, the Nazis created ghettos. What were Nazi ghettos?

1. Places where the Jews of Europe were killed in gas chambers

2. Places where Jews were forced to live, in order to separate them from the rest of the population

3. Factories where the Nazis forced their political opponents to work as slave labourers

The organised mass killing of Jews began immediately after a particular historical event. What was it?

1. Hitler’s appointment as leader of Germany

2. The start of the Second World War

3. The German invasion of the Soviet Union

When did the Holocaust happen?

1. In the 1920s

2. In the 1940s

3. In the 1960s

Out of the countries allied with, influenced or controlled by the Nazis, where did the largest number of killings of Jewish people actually take place?

1. Germany

2. Poland

3. The Soviet Union

Which one of the following was not a Nazi death camp?

1. Chelmno

2. Dachau

3. Treblinka

What was the ‘Holocaust by bullets’?

1. The deportation of Jewish people from all parts of Nazi occupied Europe to the death camps.

2. The murder of around 2.2 million Jewish men, women and children by shooting which began in the summer of 1941.

3. The forced movement of concentration camp prisoners to locations further away from the advancing allied armies.

Why did the Nazi organised mass murder of the Jews end?

1. There were no more Jews left to kill

2. Hitler committed suicide

3. The Allied powers (e.g. USSR, Britain, USA) liberated the lands controlled by the Nazis where the Holocaust was taking place

If a member of the military or police refused an instruction to kill Jewish people, what do you think would be most likely to happen to them?

1. They would be shot for refusing to obey an order

2. They would be sent to a concentration camp

3. They would be given another duty instead

What percentage of Denmark’s Jewish population was saved by the rescue effort?

1. Approximately 25 per cent

2. Approximately 75 per cent

3. More than 95 per cent

When did the British government first know about the mass murder of millions of Jews?

1. They knew it was happening in 1941-1942

2. They knew it was happening in 1944, after the British were involved in the Allied liberation of camps

3. They only knew about it after the war ended in 1945

What happened when the British Government knew about the mass murder of Jews? Did they…?

1. Declare war on Germany

2. Think up rescue plans and try to do everything to save the Jewish people

3. Say that they would punish the killers when the war was over

The programme by which approximately 10,000 unaccompanied Jewish children were admitted to Britain as refugees in 1938-39 was known as…

1. The Einsatzgruppen

2. Operation Rescue

3. Kindertransport

Approximately what percentage of Jewish children living in Nazi controlled Europe were murdered?

1. About 1%

2. About 50%

3. About 90%

It has been estimated that in 1939 there were 9.5 million Jews living in Europe. Approximately how many Jews in all of Europe were killed during the Holocaust?

1. 100,000

2. 2 million

3. 6 million

During the Second World War, the countries listed below were allied with, influenced or controlled by the Nazis. Which country did the largest number of Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust come from?

1. Germany

2. Poland

3. The Soviet Union

The Nazis persecuted (or unfairly treated) a number of different groups of people. Other than the Jews, which group was also victim of genocide, with about 500,000 people murdered?

1. Disabled people

2. Gay men

3. Roma and Sinti (‘Gypsies’)

What percentage of those who killed Jews were brought to justice after the war?

1. Approximately 1 per cent

2. Approximately 50 per cent

3. Approximately 99 per cent