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1
More than 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
True
False
2
Antisemitism (hatred of Jewish people) was invented by Hitler and the Nazis.
True
False
3
Most of the people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust were other Jews.
True
False
4
Most of the concentration camps were located in Germany.
False
True
5
Most of the Jews of Western Europe lived in cities.
True
False
6
During Nazi rule of Germany, Jews who converted to Christianity could be safe from persecution.
True
False
7
The Final Solution was ordered by the USA to end the war against the Nazi regime.
False
True
8
Jews were not permitted to convert to Christianity.
False
True
9
Who was the German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945?
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Nuremberg
Joseph Kanf
Joseph Goebells
10
The Nazis believed that racial purity was required to build the new German Empire.
True
False
11
Jews are a race as well as a religious group.
True
False
12
What is the main idea of Mein Kampf?
Hitler's future plans for Germany
Hitler's political ideology
Hitler's life story
Hitler's plan for world peace
13
Why was Hitler appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg in 1933?
Because Hitler made the Nazi party the most popular group
Because Hitler became the richest man in Germany
Because Hindenburg was dying
Because Hindenburg felt threatened by him
14
Kristallnacht was a night of violence and vandalism planned by the Nazi government.
False
True
15
Jews were herded into ghettos with limited food, housing & medical supplies
True
False
16
Most people who survived the Holocaust say they did so because of luck.
False
True
17
The word "genocide" was created before the Holocaust.
True
False
18
The ghettos were a safe haven for Jews.
True
False
19
The Nazis considered Jews, Blacks, Slavs, and Romas as "racially inferior" groups who needed to be removed from society.
False
True
20
The term “Final Solution” refers to the Nazi plan to annihilate European Jewry.
False
True
21
Jews made up 25 percent of the population in pre-World War II Germany.
True
False
22
The Holocaust would not have been possible without the support of local populations in countries occupied by the Nazis.
True
False
23
There was no Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.
False
True
24
How were books used for Nazi Propaganda?
They had anti-semetic ideals
School-books were re-written to promote the Nazi message
They contained important facts about Hitler's life
They spoke about Hitler's future plan for Germany
25
Nazi propaganda was used to increase Hitler's popularity, to encourage war, and to turn Jews into "the enemy."
True
False
26
Jews made up less than 1 percent of the population in pre-World War II Germany.
True
False
27
Most of the concentration camps were located in Poland.
True
False
28
People in every European country and from all religious backgrounds risked their lives to help Jews.
True
False
29
What is the purpose of Nazi Propaganda?
Convince the Germans that Hitler would solve their problems
To force a doctrine on the whole people
To spread the ideals of National Socialism
Consolidating Hitler’s authority
30
The government of the United States was aware of the mass executions of Jews during the war.
False
True
31
Hitler overthrew the German government in order to take power and start WW2.
True
False
32
Newspapers wrote articles bashing Hitler and his regime which irritated Goebells?
False
True
33
The Allied governments had no idea what was happening to the Jewish population of Europe.
False
True
34
Where did Hitler write Mein Kampf and when?
at his office, 1923
prison, 1924
in a cafe, 1926
his home, 1923
35
What is considered the "party manual"?
Nuremberg
Mein Kampf
Holocaust
Third Reich
36
Approximately six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
True
False
37
What were Germans encouraged to do through propaganda?
Donate money to the party
Accept the impending measures against Jews
Revolt against the government
Start killing the Jews themselves
38
What is propaganda?
Factual information about a political cause
Media used to promote an idea
Biased information used to promote a political cause
Misleading information about a poltical figure or celebrity
39
Hitler was part Jewish
True
False
40
Most effective use of propaganda during the war was the...
radio
film
art
newspaper
41
How were newspapers censored?
Jews could not be hired at Newspaper companies
Goebells did not allow any articles about politics
Goebells read all articles prior to publishing
42
The Nazi's first targets for persecution were political opponents of the government.
True
False
43
Other victims of Nazi persecution were Roma, Slavic, disabled, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals & political opponents
True
False
44
Germany's defeat in WW1 and the Great Depression were two of the major reasons for the rise of Nazism.
False
True
45
Before the ghettos were created, Jews were excluded from schools, jobs, and public places.
False
True
