9th+Gd.+-+Night+-+Holocaust+Research+Q's

 **Hitler’s rise to power ** What were the living conditions in Germany from the end of WWI (1918) until Hitler took power?  What was his platform? (What did he say in speeches to convince people to elect him? What did he stand for? What did he promise?)  When was he made Chancellor of Germany?  When and how did he gain dictatorial power?  **Hitler Youth ** What was the Hitler Youth?  Why was it organized? What was its purpose?  Who participated in the Hitler Youth, and why? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> What did they do? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Who was not permitted to join? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Nuremberg Laws and other laws affecting the Jews ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What were the Nuremberg Laws? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When were they created? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What other laws were created to limit the rights of the Jews (e.g. wearing star, changing name, employment, etc.)? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When were those laws put into effect? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">World War II timeline ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When and where did WWII start? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What countries were allied with Germany? What was the name of that alliance? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Who were they fighting against? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What areas did Germany control at the height of its power? What year was that? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When did the war end in Europe? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Timeline of anti-Semitic actions ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What and when was //Kristallnacht//? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When were the Jews put into ghettos in Poland? In Germany? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What were the //Einsatzgruppen//, and when and where were they active? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When were the first Jews sent to concentration camps? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">When was the Wannsee Conference, and what was decided there? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What were the names of the death camps, and when were they in use? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What was Zyklon B, and when was it first used? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Others persecuted by the Nazis ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Who else was sent to the concentration camps? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What kind of treatment were these groups subjected to? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What was the hierarchy? (Which groups were treated best? Which ones had power over others?) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Approximately 11 million people were killed by the Nazis, of which over half were Jews. Who were the others, and how many in each group died? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Denmark and the Jews ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How many Jews lived in Denmark before the Nazis took over? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How did the Danes respond to the anti-Semitic laws the Germans imposed? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How many Danish Jews were rescued from the Germans, and how were they rescued? By whom? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What happened to their property after their rescue? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How many Danish Jews died in the Holocaust? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Japanese internment camps ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What is an internment camp? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Who did the American government send to internment camps? Why? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Where did they come from? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Where were the camps located? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What were the conditions there? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">What happened to the prisoners’ property while they were in the camps? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">How many people died in the camps, and of what causes?
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