Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Quiz

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What event traumatised Helmuth and led him to refuse to eat at home for the following nine years?

His father's suicide

Why did Helmuth's father express fear of revenge?

He feared the Allies would do to them what they did to the crippled and Jews

What was Helmuth's father's occupation?

Physician

Where did Helmuth's father take him for their last happy time together?

To the woods Signup and view all the answers

What ideology was Helmuth's father a supporter of?

Nazism and Adolf Hitler Signup and view all the answers

What did Helmuth's father do after taking Helmuth to the woods for their last happy time together?

He shot himself in his office Signup and view all the answers

What event led to the collective suicide of Hitler, his propaganda minister Goebbels, and his entire family in April 1945?

Germany's surrender to the Allies in May 1945 Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg?

To prosecute Nazi war criminals for Crimes against Peace, for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Signup and view all the answers

What were the acts that came to be called Crimes Against Humanity, raising serious moral and ethical questions and inviting worldwide condemnation?

Germany's conduct during the war, especially actions leading to the mass murder of selected groups of innocent civilians of Europe Signup and view all the answers

How did the Nazis devise an unprecedented means of killing people?

By gassing them in various killing centres like Auschwitz Signup and view all the answers

What was the punishment of the Nazis after the Nuremberg Tribunal?

Eleven leading Nazis were sentenced to death, and many others were imprisoned for life Signup and view all the answers

Why did the Allies not want to be as harsh on defeated Germany as they had been after the First World War?

They felt that the rise of Nazi Germany could be partly traced back to the German experience at the end of the First World War Signup and view all the answers

What was the German experience at the end of the First World War that partly led to the rise of Nazi Germany?

The experience of the defeat and the harsh treatment of Germany after the First World War Signup and view all the answers

What did the Nazis wage under the shadow of the Second World War?

A genocidal war resulting in the mass murder of selected groups of innocent civilians of Europe Signup and view all the answers

Who were the Allied Powers initially led by, and who joined them in 1941?

The Allied Powers were initially led by the UK and France. In 1941 they were joined by the USSR and USA Signup and view all the answers

What was the basis of Helmuth’s father's fear, ultimately leading him to commit suicide?

The fear arising from the system of ideas about the world and politics, which was Nazism Signup and view all the answers

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