War Crimes and the Holocaust

Question 1

How did the Holocaust affect the Jewish population in Europe after World War II?

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Millions were left without families or homes.

Question 2

The Final Solution was Nazi Germany’s plan to

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physically exterminate all Jewish people in Europe.

Question 3

In addition to Jewish people, a specific group that the Nazis systematically killed during the Holocaust was

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people with disabilities.

Question 4

Most of the people killed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust were

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Jewish people.

Question 5

When the Nazi death camps were liberated, people around the world were most shocked by

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the size and scale of the camps.

Question 6

In 1933, Hitler took action against Jewish people in Germany by

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boycotting Jewish-owned businesses.

Question 7

The term coined after the end of World War II to describe the Nazis’ strategy to exterminate European Jewish people and other groups is the

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Holocaust

Question 8

Which contributed to Hitler’s rise to power in Germany?

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Hitler scapegoated German Jewish people by blaming them for Germany’s bad economy and defeat in World War I.

Question 9

What Nazi policy targeted people who had disabilities?

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euthanasia

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