8.9 The Holocaust

• The Holocaust was a systematic genocide conducted by Nazi Germany and its collaborators
• The Holocaust was less organized compared to earlier pogroms.

  False
• Who led Nazi Germany during the Holocaust?

  Adolf Hitler
• The Nazi Party was responsible for planning and executing the genocide
• The SS managed concentration camps during the Holocaust.
• In France, the Vichy government collaborated with Nazi authorities to deport Jews
• What was the ideological basis for Nazi policies during the Holocaust?

  Anti-Semitism
• Economic instability following World War I allowed the Nazis to scapegoat Jews for economic problems.
• What was the primary goal of the Holocaust?

  Extermination of Jews
• The Holocaust was less organized than earlier pogroms.

  False
• Who were the main perpetrators of the Holocaust?

  Nazi Germany and collaborators
• Match the perpetrator with their role:

  Nazi Party ↔️ Planned and executed the genocide

  SS and Gestapo ↔️ Managed concentration camps

  Collaborators ↔️ Identified and deported victims
• The Vichy government in France collaborated with Nazi authorities to deport Jews.
• Order the causes and origins of the Holocaust based on their chronological sequence:

  1️⃣ Anti-Semitism

  2️⃣ Political Factors (Rise of Nazi Germany)

  3️⃣ Economic Factors (Instability after WWI)
• Anti-Semitism provided the ideological basis for Nazi policies
• The Reichstag fire in 1933 allowed the Nazis to consolidate power and implement anti-Jewish laws.
• What was the role of antisemitism in the Holocaust?

  Foundation for Nazi ideology
• Match the period with its form of antisemitism and impact on the Holocaust:

  Pre-Holocaust ↔️ Religious, cultural, economic prejudice

  During Holocaust ↔️ Racial ideology, systemic persecution
• The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 stripped Jews of their German citizenship
• Order the following Nazi policies of persecution against Jews chronologically:

  1️⃣ Nuremberg Laws (1935)

  2️⃣ Kristallnacht (1938)

  3️⃣ Establishment of Ghettos

  4️⃣ Deportations
• Kristallnacht involved violent attacks against Jewish businesses and synagogues.
• Which other groups were targeted during the Holocaust besides Jews?

  Romani, homosexuals, disabled
• The Holocaust is defined as the systematic extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany
• Match the perpetrator with their role in the Holocaust:

  Nazi Party ↔️ Planned and executed the genocide

  SS and Gestapo ↔️ Enforced Nazi policies

  Collaborators ↔️ Identified and deported victims
• What were the three main causes of the Holocaust?

  Anti-Semitism, political factors, economic factors
• Anti-Semitism provided the ideological basis for Nazi policies during the Holocaust.
• During the Holocaust, Jews were scapegoated for Germany's economic and political problems
• What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws of 1935?

  Legal segregation of Jews
• Order the Nazi policies of persecution against Jews based on their severity and impact:

  1️⃣ Nuremberg Laws (1935)

  2️⃣ Kristallnacht (1938)

  3️⃣ Establishment of Ghettos

  4️⃣ Deportations to extermination camps
• What were the two main types of camps established by the Nazis?

  Concentration and extermination camps
• Match the type of camp with its purpose:

  Concentration Camps ↔️ Forced labor and imprisonment

  Extermination Camps ↔️ Mass extermination
• What was the final stage of the Nazi's systematic extermination process?

  Extermination
• Zyklon B was used in gas chambers to exterminate victims.
• Match the resistance action with its example:

  Armed Resistance ↔️ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

  Sabotage ↔️ Destroying railway tracks

  Documentation ↔️ Oneg Shabbat archive
• Jewish partisans sabotaged Nazi infrastructure by destroying railway tracks
• The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising demonstrated that Jews would not passively accept their fate.
• What does the term "genocide" refer to?

  Deliberate extermination of a group
• Nazi Germany was the regime led by Adolf Hitler
• Match the perpetrator with their role:

  Nazi Party ↔️ Planned and executed the genocide

  SS and Gestapo ↔️ Enforced Nazi policies

  Collaborators ↔️ Assisted in identifying victims
• Order the causes of the Holocaust based on their increasing impact:

  1️⃣ Anti-Semitism

  2️⃣ Political Factors

  3️⃣ Economic Factors