Holocaust Introduction

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genocide

deliberate killing of large number of people from particular nation or ethnic group with aim of destroying that nation/group

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holocaust

religious animal sacrifice completely consumed by fire

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Shoah

genocide of European Jews during WWII; Nazis and collaborators systematically murdered 6 million Jews across Nazi-occupied Europe

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Final Solution

state-sponsored Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews

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How did Jews define themselves?

religion, customs/traditions/beliefs, matrilineal

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How did Nazis define Jews?

biologically based on religion of grandparents

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Who came up with original idea of extermination?

Friedrich Reinhart

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Who introduced Final Solution?

Heinrich Himmler

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Who administered Final Solution?

Adolf Eichmann

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expropriation

confiscation of wealth; seizure of all assets

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What did Nazis use to assess crimes of prisoners?

system of colors and stars

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concentration

ghettos and camps; corralling all “enemies of state” in one place until apparatus for their annihilation is complete

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deportation

mainly by train; sorting table

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Einsatzgruppen

special action unit/group

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What were the death camps?

Chelmno, Treblinka, Sobibór, Majdanek, Belzec, Auschwitz

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How many living members in Chelmno at liberation?

7

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How many living members at Auschwitz-Berkinau at liberation?

800

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How many living members in Treblinka at liberation?

100

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How many living members at Sobibor at liberation?

58

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How many living members at Belzec at liberation?

50

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How many living members at Majdanek at liberation?

300

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What does the upside down triangle represent?

political crimes of prisoners

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What does the right side up triangle mean?

Jewish identity

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Nuremberg Laws

difference between how jews define themselves at the time and how nazis define them; 5 laws that define who is a citizen by defining who is not

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5 Nuremberg Laws

jews cant marry, have kids or adopt, giving children up for adoption, claiming german citizenship through marriage

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