Thursday, May 13, 2010

Holocaust Review

The Holocaust Review
Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.
What problems did the Germans have that Hitler blamed on the Jews? Really just everything, communism, inflation, abstract painting, and German loss in WWI
Describe the first persecution of Jews in Germany: boycott of Jewish goods and keeping Jews from jobs in civil service, the stock exchange, banking, law, journalism, and medicine
What is Kristallnacht? Germans attack on Jewish people which included destruction of Jewish businesses and synagogues, death of 200 Jewish people, and thousands of Jews arrested
Describe life in both the death and concentration camps: life in both of the camps was hard but different. In the concentrations camps
Describe the allied response to the Holocaust: Soldiers who had seen lots of death were unprepared and stunned by what they saw
Liberation of camps led to outpouring of support and aid to survivors