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QUESTIONS

1. When speaking about the "Holocaust," what time period are we
     referring to?

2. How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
 

3. How many non-Jewish civilians were murdered during World War II?
 

4. Which Jewish communities suffered losses during the Holocaust?
 

5. What is a death camp? How many were there? Where were they
    located?
 

6. What does the term "Final Solution" mean and what is its origin?
 

9. When did the "Final Solution" actually begin?
 

10. How did the Germans define who was Jewish?
 

11. What were the first measures taken by the Nazis against the Jews?
 

12. When was the first concentration camp established and who were
      the first inmates?
 

13. Which groups of people in Germany were considered enemies of
      the state by the Nazis and were, therefore, persecute
 

14. Why were the Jews singled out for extermination?
 

15. What did people in Germany know about the persecution of Jews
      and other enemies of Nazism?
 

16. Did the Allies and the people in the Free World know about the
      events going on in Europe?
 

17. Did the Jews in Europe realize what was going to happen to them?
 

18. How many Jews were able to escape from Europe prior to the
      Holocaust?
 

19. Why were so few refugees able to flee Europe prior to the outbreak
      of World War II?
 

20. What was Hitler's ultimate goal in launching World War II?
 
 

21. Did the Jews try to fight against the Nazis? To what extent were
      such efforts successful
 

22. What were the Nuremberg trials?
 
 

23. How did the world respond to the Holocaust?
 
 

24. When was World War I? Why is World War I a significant event?
 
 

25. What was the Weimer Republic?
 
 

26. What was the Nazi party? What did they promise? What did they demand?
 
 

27. Who was Hitler?
 
 

27. How did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
 
 

28. What is anti-semitism?
 
 

29. How was World War I and World War II different?
 
 

30. What was the Polish Jewry and the Warsaw Ghetto?
 
 

31. How did Hitler die?
 
 

32.Explain the "End of the War."
 
 

33. How can you benefit from studying the Holocaust?
 
 

34.Why is it important to have freedom of religion and protect the rights of minorities?
 
 

35. Imagine that you know people who are being discriminated against in your neighborhood or at your school, because of their color, religion or belief. What could you do?
 

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