War Crimes And The Holocaust

24 August 2022
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The term now used to describe the Nazis' strategy to exterminate European Jews and other groups is the ___
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NOT "Final solution"
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Which contributed to Hitler's rise to power in Germany?
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Hitler scapegoated German Jews by blaming them for Germany's bad economy and defeat in World War I.
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In 1933, Hitler took action against Jews in Germany by
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NOT building death camps in German cities.
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Nazis who forced Jews to live in ghettos also forced them to
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NOT cook food for German soldiers.
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Nazis thought that killing Jews, gypsies, and other groups would
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purify the German race.
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The Final Solution was Nazi Germany's plan to
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physically exterminate all Jews in Europe.
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Hitler gained support for anti-Jewish policies in Germany by
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blaming Jews for the economic depression after World War I.
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Most of the people killed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust were
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Jews.
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By 1938, Jews in Nazi Germany were not allowed to work in the government or
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attend schools and colleges.
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A similarity between Nazi policies towards Jews during World War II and policies in other countries during preceding centuries was that
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Nazis discriminated against Jews.
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In 1947, the United Nations helped create a country
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where survivors of the Holocaust could live.
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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.
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Approximately what percentage of all Jews living in Europe were killed during the Holocaust?
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about 60%
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What Nazi policy targeted people who had disabilities?
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euthanasia
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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.