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2nd Semester Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the goals of the Nazi party? | -Build the 3rd kingdom to last 1000 years -Gain living space for the kingdom -Make the living space free from Jews -Destroy Communism |
| What were Hitler’s beliefs? | -Germany must become a powerful world leader -Jews and Communists are the source of all evil -Aryans are the superior human -The Treaty of Versailles must be rejected |
| What were the techniques for brainwashing? | -Thousands of repetitions of simple ideas -Using emotion not reason to convince/ persuade -Use propaganda (control all media)- ex: film/radio/ rallies -Utilize discipline and fanaticism to make people tools of Nazi party- ex: Hitler youth or SS |
| Which groups were targeted during the Holocaust? | Jews Communists Gypsies Political Dissidents Slavic Peoples Poles (Polish People) Mentally/ Physically Disabled Homosexuals Jehovah Witnesses Ministers/ Priests |
| Explain how these groups were persecuted | Jews Specifically Nuremberg Laws: revoke citizenship Businesses closed Cannot attend school/ college Cannot practice/ teach medicine Radios confiscated |
| What was Kristallnacht? | The Night of Broken Glass - A Nazi organized riot against the Jews -Happens on the night of Nov 9-10th in 1938 |
| What was life like in the ghettos? | -Walled in neighborhoods in cities that held tens of 1,000s -Little food -Lots of disease -Cramped quarters -Lots of death -Eventually they were empty and the people were sent to death camps |
| What was deportation like/ be able to explain the journey and conditions in the cattle cars. | -People were gathered and moved out -15 min to pack and report to train station -80-100 packed/sealed in cattle cars -Cars had little food/ water/ space /no toilet or light -Trip took days -Smelled bad -Screaming/ crying -Hot summer/ cold winter |
| Explain what life was like in the concentration camps. | - used to house the "undesirables" - stayed in barracks -daily roll calls -heard labor -starvation -disease -beatings -hangings -medical experiments -shootings -families separated -humiliating -converted to death camps for final solution |
| Who were the Kapos? Describe their role, how they treated others, and their privileges. | These were selected Jews who were in charge of the other prisoners. They were very harsh. |
| Who were the Sonderkommandos? Describe their role and how they were chosen. | They were the men who had to work in the crematorium. They had to place the bodies in the furnaces. They were chosen because they looked stronger. |
| What was the symbol of the Nazi party? | The swastika |
| What symbol did Jews wear? | They wore the yellow star of David. |
| Explain what occurred in the initial selection. | -This was up on arrival at the camps -Separated by gender -Skilled laborers chosen to work for the Nazis -Luggage was taken and never returned -Families were separated -Old/ Young/ Weak went straight to the gas chamber |
| Explain what occurred in the daily selection. | Camp Doctor- stripped/ examined The doctor chooses who lives/ dies -This can often be random, and the victims go straight to the gas chamber. |
| Explain the processing process once prisoners entered camps. | -Hair was cut off -Disinfection -Given uniform/ shoes (size did not matter) -ID # were tattooed to left forearm |