WW2-Holocaust

The "Jewish Question"

The Nazi idea of how to handle the Jewish population, leading to the Final Solution and mass genocide.

1. liberation

The Allies freed survivors from Nazi camps in 1944-45, exposing the horrors of the Holocaust.

Nuremberg Laws

1935 Nazi laws that stripped Jewish people of citizenship and rights, banning marriage between Jews and non-Jews.

Final solution

Hitler’s plan for the genocide of Jews. Led to mass deportations to extermination camps.

resistance movements

Groups that fought against the Nazis, such as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943) and partisan fighters.

death camps

Nazi camps designed for mass murder using gas chambers (e.g., Auschwitz, Treblinka).

concentration camps

Prison camps where Jews and other groups faced forced labor, starvation, and brutal conditions.

liquidation of ghettos

The process of emptying ghettos by deporting Jewish residents to concentration and death camps.

ghettos

Walled-off sections of cities where Jewish people were forcibly confined before being sent to concentration camps.

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

November 9-10, 1938 – A violent Nazi attack on Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues, marking the start of more severe persecution

Nuremberg trials

1945-46 trials where Nazi leaders were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.