Study Guide for the Test this Friday, March 7, 2009 on the Holocaust

 

1. You will need to study all of the definitions from your Vocabulary Quiz Page

 

1. Know about the persecution of Jews prior to Nazi Germany

Jews had been persecuted long before the Nazi’s.  2,000 years ago they were forced out of the holy land by the Romans and dispersed into Europe 

1. Be able to list 3 conditions that were going on in Germany after WW1.

Blamed the Jews for bringing them into WW1 which made them have to pay damages, suffer a depression, and high unemployment. 

1. Know about Hitler and his Rise to Power,” from the study guide.

Born in Austria, dreamt of becoming an artist, enlisted in WW1, tried to overthrow the German gov’t and was arrested for treason.  He wrote Mein Kampf/ My Struggle while in prison. 

1. Be able to describe the following organizations or titles:

 

 synagogue (Jews house of G-d where they pray), Gestapo (elite German police force), schutzstaffel S.S. (elite group of soldiers), Hindenburg (president of Germany who appointed Hitler as chancellor), Reichstag (German word for parliament), Storm Troopers (young jobless men in brown shirts who would beat up and kill any opponents of Hitler), Zyklon B. – the type of poisonous gas used to kill the Jews

  

1. Understand the timeline of events from January 30, 1933 to May 07, 1942

1/30/1933 – Hitler was appointed Chancellor02/1933 – Enabling  Act03/1933 – Emergency Decree4/01/1933 – Boycott in Germany of all Jewish businesses05/10/1933 – Books by Jewish authors all burned07/1933 – Pope Pius Concordian3/13-15/1938 – Germany takes over Austria9/15/38 – *Nuremberg laws passed11/09th&10th/1938 – Series of other laws passed and Kristallnecht        9/01/1939 – Invasion of Poland/WW2 begins       11/1942 – Wanasee Conference – Final Solution

 

• Nuremberg laws were based on race to protect German blood: Jews became 2^nd class citizens, anyone w/ Jewish grandparents was technically a Jew even if they were non practicing or converted to Christianity, intermarriage was prohibited, and no Jew could fly a German flag.

  

7.  List the 4 steps taken to make Germany Judenrein (free of Jews).

Voluntary emigration – made life so bad they wanted to leave

Forced deportation – round up Jews & transport them across the borderGhettos – confine masses of Jews in small areas so they will die of natural causesFinal Solution – mass murder of all Jews in extermination camps 

1. Be able to list 3 reasons why the ghettos, concentration camps, and death camps were established in Poland.

 Poland supported Nazi beliefs, it was out of the public’s eye (so remote); therefore, Germany wouldn’t be caught as easily for crimes against humanity, and the economic and climate situation was terrible there and it was a boost for their economy. 

1. List 3 problems they encountered when confining large amounts of people into small areas like the ghettos.

Starvation, stress, fleas, lice, typhoid, dysentery, and disease  

1. Know at least 5 reasons why so few Jews fought back.

Weakness from hunger, fear of reprisal, no weapons, collective punishments, thought it would soon be over and they would be saved. 

1. Describe 3 acts of organized resistance.

 

Organized Resistance Movements would help the Jews in the following ways: Groups would risk their lives and the lives of their families by hiding Jews feeding and housing them, by providing an underground network to get them false documents to help them leave, and many groups would pass their children off as their own.

 

1. After reading, Number the Stars, in Mr. Westley’s class, be able to discuss the situation in Denmark during Nazi occupation and their form of resistance. 

 The Nazis invaded Denmark, but the country refused to give up all of their Jews as they were told.  Instead, they acted like they were going along with it all and smuggled thousands of Jews out by boat and into Sweden where they’d be safe.  

1. Be able to describe Hitler’s Youth Organization, a.k.a. the H.J.

Kids were brainwashed through constant games, rewards, and an extreme fanaticism for Hitler’s philosophy.  They would give up their own families to excel as an H.J. 

1. Explain what happened during the voyage of the S.S. St. Louis

Many Jews who were finally smuggled out of Germany were promised a new life in America and the opportunity for freedom.  However, they were refused port of entry into the U.S. and Cuba; eventually, having no choice but to return those Jewish passengers to Europe.  Many died during the journey.  The U.S. claimed they did not realize the severity of the problem. 

1. Be able to express your opinion of the Holocaust;

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