What was the purpose of the Thierenstadt ghetto?

It was the public face of the Nazi ghettos; accessible to the Red Cross

What can we conclude from the actions of Irene Sendler?

There were many Polish who were sympathetic to the Jews.

Which Polish citizen would MOST likely have been spared by the Einsatzgruppen?

Lena, the daughter of a poor milkman in a small village

Residents in the ghetto were provided with which of the following?

Overcrowded conditions and 200 calories per day in food rations.

What was life like for Polish citizens who were not Jewish during Nazi occupation?

Polish citizens became slave labor for Germany’s war effort.

What was the original intention and purpose of the Nazi-era ghettos?

Reduction of the Jewish population by disease, starvation, and overwork.

The ghettos were managed by whom?

The Judenrat, a council of Jews.

Hitler felt no guilt when he decided to change his plan from expelling the Jews to exterminating them,how did he justify

other countries were unwilling to take on the Jews so they were at fault

What happened to Jews in the Polish countryside?

They were transported to urban ghettos.

When Germany expelled all Polish Jews from its borders in 1938, why could they not return to Poland?

Polish officials refused to take them.

What occurred between the Soviet Union and Germany in the summer of 1939?

A German-Soviet non-aggression pact

During the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Einsatzgruppen did which of the following?

Killed large numbers of Jews, as well as many locals.

How did the Lithuanians respond to the invasion?

They eagerly cooperated with the Nazis, quickly eliminating the Jews

What is true about the organized resistance movements in the ghetto?

Showed the spirit of the Jewish people and were a symbol of hope.

How did ghettos differ before the Holocaust?

They were open, economically diverse neighborhoods.

The assasination of a Nazi official in Paris by a Jewish citizen led to what event?

They incited Kristallnacht, a night of violence against Jews.

How might some citizens know what the Ghettos were really like unlike what was presented at Thieranstadt?

They rode trolleys through the ghettos on their way to work.

How did the Jews of Poland differ from those in Germany and the rest of Western Europe?

They were less educated and less economically successful.

What conclusion can be drawn by the fact that the Lithuanians eagerly cooperated with their Nazi invaders?

They already held racist feelings against Jews.

What reason was given for closing the ghettos?

Typhus and typhoid fever in the ghetto

What happened to Jewish homes once their occupants were moved into the ghetto?

Non-Jewish citizens were allowed to move in.

Why didn’t British, French, and American governments move to accept more of the Jewish refugees from Germany?

The Depression was making it difficult to feed their own citizens already.

Can you predict the outcome if Hitler had abided by the secret nonaggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union

Soviets would have gotten half of Poland in exchange for keeping out of war

What happened at Babi Yar?

It was the site of mass killings of as many as 120,000 people.

What was the original, unstated purpose of the Nazi-era ghettos?

to use disease and overwork to reduce the Jewish population

Wladyslaw Sikorski had been a prominent political leader in Poland. He fled to France when the Nazis invaded. Why?

Nazis did not want anyone to speak against their way of ruling.

Due to Jews who were refugees caught between the borders of Germany and Poland, what did one Jewish citizen in Paris do?

assassinate a Nazi official in protest

Why might the people of Czechoslovakia believe that the Munich Agreement was a betrayal?

Britain and France had promised to protect them from the invasion.

How were the regions of Poland that did not border Germany kept under German control?

Hans Frank, an early Nazi supporter, was put in charge of those areas.

Why did Hitler originally sign a non-aggression pact with Poland?

He was concerned about a French-Polish alliance.

Who was Irene Sendler?

A Polish woman responsible for saving many Jewish children from the ghetto

Why were mobile gas vans invented?

To make killing more impersonal for the Nazi soldiers

What is MOST likely the motive for announcing that the ghettos had to be closed because of a typhus outbreak?

Citizens would be less likely to disapprove, as they would want protection.

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1
What was the purpose of the Thierenstadt ghetto?
It was a mock installation created for journalists and the Red Cross.
It served only as a transport site to the death camps.
It was the public face of the Nazi ghettos; accessible to the Red Cross
It housed those of mixed blood.
2
What can we conclude from the actions of Irene Sendler?
The only way to survive the Nazi occupation was to join them.
Even women were involved in the terrible acts perpetrated by Nazis.
There was already a deep racial divide among Polish citizens.
There were many Polish who were sympathetic to the Jews.
3
Which Polish citizen would MOST likely have been spared by the Einsatzgruppen?
Maximillian, a Franciscan priest in charge of a monastery
Aleksandr, professor at the University of Warsaw
Janina, elderly countess whose husband had passed away
Lena, the daughter of a poor milkman in a small village
4
Besides any Jewish citizens listening to Hitler giving his Reichstag speech, who else should have been alarmed?
European rulers
Nazi officials
German businessmen
Catholic Pope
5
Residents in the ghetto were provided with which of the following?
Overcrowded conditions and 200 calories per day in food rations.
The option to leave the country.
The ability to earn an income.
Access to many different charity services.
6
What was life like for Polish citizens who were not Jewish during Nazi occupation?
They benefitted from new economic opportunities and German health care.
Polish citizens became slave labor for Germany’s war effort.
Their lives did not change as long as they were not Jewish or Roma.
The Polish citizens viewed Nazis as liberators who overthrew Soviet rule.
7
Oneg Shabbat was the name of the chronicle of life in the ghetto.
True
False
8
What was the original intention and purpose of the Nazi-era ghettos?
Prevention of mixed marriages and the purity of the Polish race
To provide space for the Poles
Eventual transport to death camps
Reduction of the Jewish population by disease, starvation, and overwork.
9
Survival in the ghetto required which of the following?
Work skills.
Resistance.
Internal organizations.
Access to the outside world.
10
The ghettos were managed by whom?
The SS.
The Judenrat, a council of Jews.
Nazi administrations.
Polish officials.
11
Operation Barbarossa was led by Rudolf Hoess.
True
False
12
The Bund party assisted the Nazis.
True
False
13
Hitler felt no guilt when he decided to change his plan from expelling the Jews to exterminating them,how did he justify
other countries were unwilling to take on the Jews so they were at fault
it was more expensive to deport Jews than to imprison and exterminate them.
there was a chance Jews would return to reclaim their land.
did not have enough personnel to oversee the exportation
14
What happened to Jews in the Polish countryside?
They were all killed by the Einsatzgruppen.
They were left alone.
They were transported to urban ghettos.
They were killed in death camps.
15
When Germany expelled all Polish Jews from its borders in 1938, why could they not return to Poland?
Poland had been invaded by the Soviet Union.
The Nazis controlled Poland as well.
There was no way to get to Poland from Germany.
Polish officials refused to take them.
16
What occurred between the Soviet Union and Germany in the summer of 1939?
A German-Soviet non-aggression pact
A declaration of war
Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
A Polish-Soviet alliance
17
During the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Einsatzgruppen did which of the following?
Killed large numbers of Jews, as well as many locals.
Eliminated local administration in Lithuania.
Led military troops.
Planned and organized extermination camps.
18
How did the Lithuanians respond to the invasion?
Lithuania was not invaded.
They eagerly cooperated with the Nazis, quickly eliminating the Jews
They resisted Nazi occupation violently.
They attempted to avoid violence.
19
Poles received the same rations as Germans.
False
True
20
What is true about the organized resistance movements in the ghetto?
Showed the spirit of the Jewish people and were a symbol of hope.
Were the result of outside influences.
Were a key factor in the destruction of all ghettos.
Were successful.
21
The uprising in the Warsaw ghetto lasted only hours.
True
False
22
How did ghettos differ before the Holocaust?
They were open, economically diverse neighborhoods.
Ghettos were common in Western Europe before World War II.
Ghettos existed only in medieval Venice.
There were no ghettos before the Holocaust.
23
The assasination of a Nazi official in Paris by a Jewish citizen led to what event?
They expelled all French Jews from the country as well.
They changed their minds and allowed the Jews back in.
They asked for another summit with the European leaders.
They incited Kristallnacht, a night of violence against Jews.
24
How might some citizens know what the Ghettos were really like unlike what was presented at Thieranstadt?
The Allies dropped pamphlets from airplanes to tell them.
They were also living in ghettos designed by the Nazis.
They rode trolleys through the ghettos on their way to work.
They saw news reports released from the Judenrat to inform citizens.
25
. Individuals volunteered to serve on the Judenrat.
True
False
26
How did the Jews of Poland differ from those in Germany and the rest of Western Europe?
They were better educated.
They were wealthier.
They were more orthodox in their religious practice.
They were less educated and less economically successful.
27
What conclusion can be drawn by the fact that the Lithuanians eagerly cooperated with their Nazi invaders?
They did not really understand what the Nazis were asking.
They were firm believers in the Nazi dream of an Aryan nation.
They rejected Nazi ideology but feared for their lives.
They already held racist feelings against Jews.
28
What reason was given for closing the ghettos?
Isolation of the Jews
The potential for resistance movements
Anti-Nazi politics in the ghetto
Typhus and typhoid fever in the ghetto
29
What happened to Jewish homes once their occupants were moved into the ghetto?
They were burned to protect the other citizens.
They were locked tight to protect them during the absence.
Non-Jewish citizens were allowed to move in.
The Nazis put signs on them warning all to stay away.
30
Why didn’t British, French, and American governments move to accept more of the Jewish refugees from Germany?
The countries of the world had no idea that Jews were being expelled.
Jewish refugees did not want to go to any of their countries, only Israel.
The Depression was making it difficult to feed their own citizens already.
They believed that the refugees were really Nazi spies and conspirators.
31
The newly created Nazi ghettos were built where?
In traditionally Jewish neighborhoods.
In poor urban areas.
In isolated areas to prevent knowledge of the ghettos.
In rural areas.
32
How many Jews came under Nazi control with the invasion of Poland and annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia?
2.3 million
564,000
275,000
1.2 million
33
Can you predict the outcome if Hitler had abided by the secret nonaggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union
US would have failed to enter the war, leaving it to the Europeans to fight
Soviet Union would have entered the fight against Hitler much sooner .
France would not have gotten involved in the fight to protect Poland
Soviets would have gotten half of Poland in exchange for keeping out of war
34
What happened at Babi Yar?
It was the site of the initial acts of Operation Barbarossa.
It was the first extermination camp.
It was the site of mass killings of as many as 120,000 people.
International journalists visited the site and revealed Nazi atrocities.
35
What was the original, unstated purpose of the Nazi-era ghettos?
to provide space for Poles who had been moved from the country
to provide a holding area for eventual transport to death camps
to use disease and overwork to reduce the Jewish population
to prevent mixed marriages and the purity of the Polish race
36
Wladyslaw Sikorski had been a prominent political leader in Poland. He fled to France when the Nazis invaded. Why?
Nazis were mostly targeting Roma and homosexuals.
Nazis did not want anyone to speak against their way of ruling.
Nazis did not appreciate religion or the practice of it.
Nazis did not want any Jews in Poland.
37
The Lithuanian security police were Nazi sympathizers.
False
True
38
The press and international community did not investigate rumors of killings at Babi Yar.
True
False
39
Due to Jews who were refugees caught between the borders of Germany and Poland, what did one Jewish citizen in Paris do?
offer relief in the form of free passage to France
found an underground resistance movement
assassinate a Nazi official in protest
plead with the French government to accept the refugees
40
Why might the people of Czechoslovakia believe that the Munich Agreement was a betrayal?
Germany valued Austria more than Czechoslovakia in the long run.
They had already made peace with Hitler, did not want Britain/France help.
Britain and France had promised to protect them from the invasion.
Czechs did not have the people’s permission to agree to terms at Munich.
41
How were the regions of Poland that did not border Germany kept under German control?
They were absorbed as part of the German state.
Soviet troops were set in place to keep order in those areas.
Hans Frank, an early Nazi supporter, was put in charge of those areas.
The SS set up Judenrat to govern the outer areas of Poland.
42
Why did Hitler originally sign a non-aggression pact with Poland?
He was concerned about a French-Polish alliance.
He feared a Polish alliance with Britain.
He was concerned about the American response.
He did not sign a non-aggression pact.
43
Who was Irene Sendler?
A German woman who spoke out against the Nazis
A Polish woman who hid Jews in her home
A Polish woman responsible for saving many Jewish children from the ghetto
A Jewish woman involved in the resistance movement
44
Jews were not sent to work outside the ghettos.
False
True
45
The Eternal Jew was Nazi propaganda.
False
True
46
What occurred in March 1939?
Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia.
Hitler invaded Poland.
Hitler invaded Austria.
Hitler attacked Britain.
47
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for what?
The annexation of Austria.
The deportation of Jews to the ghetto.
The invasion of the Soviet Union.
The invasion of Poland.
48
Why were mobile gas vans invented?
To make killing more impersonal for the Nazi soldiers
To kill Jewish women and children
To increase efficiency
To provide a less painful and traumatic death for the victims
49
What is MOST likely the motive for announcing that the ghettos had to be closed because of a typhus outbreak?
Polish were beginning to get suspicious that the ghettos were in disrepair.
The Nazis felt that being honest with citizens was important to inform them
This would convince the Jews to be more careful with their hygiene habits.
Citizens would be less likely to disapprove, as they would want protection.
50
Which ghetto served as a public face of Nazi ghettos, accessible to the Red Cross for inspection?
Thierenstadt ghetto
Lodz ghetto
Vilna ghetto
Warsaw ghetto

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