Victims

Study the photograph below in order to answer the following question.

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1. What is represented in the above picture?

Gestapo uniform badges.
Military medals and uniforms from the Reichswehr.
Prisoners markings from concentration camps.
Jewish ceremonial dress.

 

 

Study the passage below in order to answer the following questions.

Since the National Revolution public opinion has become increasingly preoccupied with questions of demographic policy and the continuing decline in the birthrate. However, it is not only the decline in population which is a cause for serious concern but equally the increasingly evident genetic composition of our people. Whereas the hereditarily healthy families have for the most part adopted a policy of having only one or two children, countless numbers of inferiors and those suffering from hereditary conditions are reproducing unrestrainedly while their sick and asocial offspring burden the community.

 

2. The document above is

The Night and Fog order
The Sterilization Law
Operation Reinhard
The Reinheitsgebot

 

3. Approximately how many people were killed by Nazi genocidal policy?

6 million
200 thousand
11 million
2 billion

 

4. Antisemitism in Europe was started by the Nazis.

True
False

 

5. Remnants of the Communist and Socialist parties and members of the trade unions in Germany

Joined the Nazis to form an unbeatable German party.
Formed a coalition beating Hitler in elections.
Resisted Hitler and were often sent to camps and/or executed.
Resisted Hitler and were asked to step down from office.

For the following question, choose all of the options that apply
(Hint: there may be more than one!).
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6. Christian Poles and other Slavs

Were the Nazis' close allies during the War.
Were considered obstacles for gaining territory necessary for the superior German race
Were considered "Untermenschen" or subhumans.
Were victims of camps, executions, and Einsatzgruppen.

 

7. Roma and Sinti are
European Jews who travelled from country to country.
Still around today.
Russian for "street gang."
A nomadic people believed to have come from India.

 

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