Knowledge Check

• What form of persecution against the Jews did the Nazis begin on 1 April 1933?

  Boycott of Jewish businesses
• What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws?

  To deprive Jews of citizenship and enforce racial segregation
• What did the Nuremberg Laws forbid between Jews and Aryans?

  Marriage and sex
• What legal precedents did the Nuremberg Laws set for Jews?

  Denied citizenship, domestic employment, and the ability to fly the German flag
• What was the name of the extreme anti-semitic newspaper edited by Julius Streicher?

  Der Stürmer (The Striker/Attacker)
• What significant event occurred in November 1938?

  Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
• What was the name of the Nazi programme to euthanise mentally and physically disabled people?

  Akiton T4 (Euthanasia programme)
• What did the Nazis mean by the ‘General Government’?

  A separate administrative unit designed to handle logistical issues
• What were Judenräte?

  Jewish councils set up in occupied territories
• Which French colony did the Nazis consider sending European Jews to?

  Madagascar
• What branch of the SS formed death squads in eastern Europe from 1941 onwards?

  The Einsatzgruppen (death squads)
• Where was a conference to discuss the ‘Final Solution’ held in 1942?

  Wannsee, outside of Berlin