Holocaust History Quiz

A systematic plan for the extermination of an entire group of people, often based on race, ethnicity, or religion.

A set of laws passed in Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of their citizenship rights and began their persecution.

The night of November 9-10, 1938, when Nazi mobs across Germany attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

The largest death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, where over 1.1 million people were killed.

The conference held in 1942 where Nazi leaders formally adopted a plan for the systematic extermination of European Jews.

The Nazi ideology that focused on creating a racially pure Germany, promoting the superiority of the Aryan race while demonizing Jews as a threat to German purity.

A network of more than 42,500 concentration and death camps established by the Nazis across Europe, where millions of Jews, other minorities, and political prisoners were systematically murdered.

The primary method of mass murder used by the Nazis to kill millions of people in gas chambers, designed to be efficient and hidden from public sight.

The United States and its allies were aware of the genocide by 1942, yet faced with competing priorities like winning the war and strict immigration policies, they took limited action to help Jewish refugees.

A concentration camp in Poland, used to kill approximately 870,000 people in just 13 months, showcasing the efficiency and brutality of the Nazi killing machinery.

A concentration camp in Germany known for its brutal conditions, home to Anne Frank and where over 52,000 people died. It stands as a testament to the suffering inflicted by the Nazis.