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The Holocaust

2026, Third Trimester

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What was Stalin's 5-Year Plan and how did it affect Ukraine's farms? It was a plan to industrialize the USSR quickly. It forced peasants to give up private land and join state farms through Collectivization.
Who were the Kulaks and what did Stalin do to them? They were independent, successful farmers who resisted collectivization. Stalin ordered them to be destroyed as a class through executions and deportations.
How did Stalin cause a Famine in Ukraine? He set impossible grain goals, took away all their food and seeds, and blocked Ukraine's borders so no one could escape or get help.
What happens during the Classification and Symbolization stages of a genocide? In Classification, the government divides people into "us versus them." In Symbolization, they force the targeted group to wear or use distinct markers to be identified.
What did Nazi Germany use to achieve Dehumanization and Polarization? They used Propaganda (like hateful movies and books) to make people view the victims as less than human and separate them from society.
What happened during Kristallnacht and what stage does it represent? It was the Night of Broken Glass, where the Nazis destroyed Jewish homes and shops. It represents the stage of Discrimination and Persecution.
What was the Final Solution and how was it executed in the Extermination stage? It was the Nazi plan for mass murder coordinated at The Wannsee Conference. It was executed by sending victims to death camps to be killed with Zyklon B gas.
How did Anti-Semitic nationalism and the ideology of genetic superiority lead to Classification? The Nazis used Anti-Semitic beliefs to pass the Nuremberg Laws. This forced the Classification of people by blood instead of religion to protect "pure DNA."
What was Ghettoization during the Holocaust? It was the forced relocation of Jews into crowded, walled districts to isolate them from society.
What were the Pink List and Paragraph 175 used for? Paragraph 175 made gay relations a crime, and the Pink List was a police list used to arrest gay men.
How were Zyklon B and Extermination connected in the death camps? During the Extermination stage, the Nazis used a toxic gas called Zyklon B to murder thousands of victims inside fake shower rooms.
What did the Nazis use Model Camps for during the Denial stage? They used camps like Theresienstadt to fool inspectors by creating fake films to hide the genocide.
What was decided by high-ranking Nazi officials at The Wannsee Conference in 1942? They met to organize the logistics and coordinate the continent-wide execution of the "Final Solution" using the German railway system.
What is a key example of the Discrimination and Persecution stage during the Holocaust? Kristallnacht, where the state sponsored violent attacks to destroy Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany.
What actions did the SS take during the Organization and Preparation stage of the genocide? They created mobile killing squads called Einsatzgruppen to follow the army and tested mobile gas vans to execute victims in mass pits.
How did the Nazis practice the Denial stage as World War II was ending? They used coded language, created beautiful "model camps" to trick inspectors, and forced prisoners to dig up and burn mass graves to hide the evidence.
Define Collectivization: A system where the Soviet government took away private farms and combined them into large state-owned farms.
Define Propaganda: Biased media, hateful books, and movies used by the Nazis to brainwash people and dehumanize victims.
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