Holocaust Persecution: Nazi Policies, Ghettos, and Extermination Centers

What event marked the beginning of escalating persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany?

The initial disenfranchisement of Jews.

What was the November Pogrom?

A violent anti-Jewish event that marked a significant escalation in the persecution of Jews.

What were some consequences of the anti-Jewish decrees in Nazi Germany?

Economic strangulation, social segregation, and forced emigration.

Who played a heroic role in saving families during the persecution?

Jewish women who facilitated efforts to save their families.

What measures were implemented as World War II progressed to further persecute Jews?

The establishment of ghettos and concentration camps.

What were the conditions like in ghettos and concentration camps?

Marked by starvation, disease, and fear of deportation.

How did the Nazis disguise deportations of Jews?

They referred to deportations as 'resettlement.'

What was the 'Final Solution'?

The Nazi plan for the systematic extermination of the Jewish people.

What role did Einsatzgruppen play in the Holocaust?

They were mobile killing squads responsible for mass shootings of Jews.

What were extermination centers, and can you name two?

Facilities designed for mass murder, such as Auschwitz and Treblinka.

What factors contributed to the complicity of ordinary Germans in the Holocaust?

Propaganda, peer pressure, and eugenics ideology.