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What is the Holocaust?
What is the Holocaust?
When did the Holocaust era begin and end?
When did the Holocaust era begin and end?
What was the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
What was the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
Who were targeted for persecution and mass murder by the Nazis?
Who were targeted for persecution and mass murder by the Nazis?
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What is one of the motivations for denunciation that led to the deaths of Jews?
What is one of the motivations for denunciation that led to the deaths of Jews?
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How did some Jews survive the Holocaust?
How did some Jews survive the Holocaust?
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What was the fundamental aspect of the Nazis' ideology and worldview?
What was the fundamental aspect of the Nazis' ideology and worldview?
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What was the primary reason for the Nazis blaming Jews for Germany's defeat in World War I?
What was the primary reason for the Nazis blaming Jews for Germany's defeat in World War I?
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What took place throughout German- and Axis-controlled Europe, affecting nearly all of Europe's Jewish population?
What took place throughout German- and Axis-controlled Europe, affecting nearly all of Europe's Jewish population?
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What were the two main methods of killing used during the Holocaust's last stage?
What were the two main methods of killing used during the Holocaust's last stage?
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How many stationary killing centers were built in German-occupied Poland for efficient mass murder using poisonous gas?
How many stationary killing centers were built in German-occupied Poland for efficient mass murder using poisonous gas?
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What were the conditions like on deportation transports for Jews?
What were the conditions like on deportation transports for Jews?
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What was a central feature of life in many ghettos established by German officials?
What was a central feature of life in many ghettos established by German officials?
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What was the outcome of the German authorities 'liquidating' the ghettos as part of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
What was the outcome of the German authorities 'liquidating' the ghettos as part of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
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Which institutions and organizations did Nazi Germany rely on to help carry out the Holocaust?
Which institutions and organizations did Nazi Germany rely on to help carry out the Holocaust?
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What was the approximate death toll of Jews by the end of World War II?
What was the approximate death toll of Jews by the end of World War II?
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How did Nazi Germany and its allies impact Jewish communities across Europe?
How did Nazi Germany and its allies impact Jewish communities across Europe?
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Where did many Jews end up living in the immediate postwar period if they could not or would not return home?
Where did many Jews end up living in the immediate postwar period if they could not or would not return home?
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What has the world struggled to do in the aftermath of the Holocaust?
What has the world struggled to do in the aftermath of the Holocaust?
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What was a common experience for Jews who survived the Holocaust?
What was a common experience for Jews who survived the Holocaust?
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Why did the Nazis target Jews?
Why did the Nazis target Jews?
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When did the Holocaust era begin and end?
When did the Holocaust era begin and end?
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What was the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
What was the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
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What were the fundamental antisemitic beliefs of the Nazis?
What were the fundamental antisemitic beliefs of the Nazis?
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When did the Holocaust era begin and end?
When did the Holocaust era begin and end?
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What was the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
What was the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
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What were the two main methods of killing used during the Holocaust's last stage?
What were the two main methods of killing used during the Holocaust's last stage?
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How were Jews transported to the killing centers, and what were the conditions like on deportation transports?
How were Jews transported to the killing centers, and what were the conditions like on deportation transports?
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Where were the five stationary killing centers built for efficient mass murder using poisonous gas?
Where were the five stationary killing centers built for efficient mass murder using poisonous gas?
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What were some of the conditions in the ghettos established by German officials?
What were some of the conditions in the ghettos established by German officials?
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What were some methods used by Germans to kill Jews in the ghettos?
What were some methods used by Germans to kill Jews in the ghettos?
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What is an example of spiritual resistance in the ghettos during the Holocaust?
What is an example of spiritual resistance in the ghettos during the Holocaust?
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What were the motivations for denouncing Jews during the Holocaust?
What were the motivations for denouncing Jews during the Holocaust?
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Who were the other groups targeted for persecution and mass murder by the Nazis, apart from Jews?
Who were the other groups targeted for persecution and mass murder by the Nazis, apart from Jews?
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When did the Holocaust end?
When did the Holocaust end?
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What was the immediate impact on the Jewish survivors after the Holocaust?
What was the immediate impact on the Jewish survivors after the Holocaust?
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Where did many survivors find themselves living in the immediate postwar period?
Where did many survivors find themselves living in the immediate postwar period?
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What were the reasons that deterred some survivors from returning to Europe?
What were the reasons that deterred some survivors from returning to Europe?
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What has the world struggled to come to terms with in the aftermath of the Holocaust?
What has the world struggled to come to terms with in the aftermath of the Holocaust?
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What was the long-term legacy of the Holocaust?
What was the long-term legacy of the Holocaust?
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Study Notes
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In June 1941, German officials established ghettos in newly conquered territories in Eastern Europe to isolate and control large local Jewish populations.
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Initially, Jews were concentrated within cities and regions, but in 1941, German authorities also began deporting Jews from other parts of Europe to some of these ghettos.
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Jewish forced labor was a central feature of life in many ghettos, with factories and workshops established nearby to exploit the imprisoned Jews.
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Conditions in the ghettos were miserable and dangerous, with little food, limited sanitation, and medical care, leading to mass deaths by starvation, disease, and exhaustion from forced labor.
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Germans also killed Jews through brutal beatings, torture, arbitrary shootings, and other forms of violence.
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Attempts to document life in the ghettos, such as the Oneg Shabbat archive and clandestine photography, are examples of spiritual resistance.
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Beginning in 1941-1942, Germans and their allies and collaborators began to "liquidate" the ghettos, murdering residents en masse and dissolving ghetto administrative structures as part of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question."
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Millions of Germans and other Europeans participated in the Holocaust, with others cheering as Jews were beaten or humiliated, denouncing Jews, or buying, taking, or looting their belongings and property.
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Nazi Germany relied on various German institutions and organizations to help carry out the Holocaust, including the Nazi Party, SA, SS, German military, and German civil service.
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Nazi Germany's allies and collaborators, including Axis countries and their regimes, also contributed to the Holocaust by providing resources, manpower, and logistical support.
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Individuals across Europe, with or without governmental or institutional affiliation, also contributed to the Holocaust by reporting Jews, denouncing them, or actively participating in the mass murder of Jews.
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The Holocaust involved the systematic persecution and murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi German authorities.
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Neighbors, acquaintances, colleagues, and friends denounced Jews, leading to their deaths and the confiscation of their possessions.
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Motivations for denunciation included fear, self-interest, greed, revenge, antisemitism, and political and ideological beliefs.
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The Nazis targeted political opponents, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, criminals, asocials, Afro-Germans, people with disabilities, Roma (Gypsies), Poles, Soviet officials, and Soviet prisoners of war for persecution and mass murder.
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Political opponents were the first to be incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps.
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The regime forcibly sterilized and persecuted Afro-Germans and people with disabilities.
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People with disabilities were targeted for murder in the Euthanasia Program.
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The Holocaust ended in May 1945 with the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Upon liberation, Holocaust survivors faced ongoing threats of antisemitism and displacement.
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Some Jews survived the Holocaust by emigrating from Europe before the war or escaping German-controlled areas during the war.
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Others survived with the help of rescuers, as members of partisan resistance movements, or by hiding in ghettos or concentration camps.
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Test your knowledge about the establishment and purpose of ghettos during World War II, particularly by German authorities and their allies and collaborators in Europe. Learn about the temporary ghettos created to centralize and control Jews prior to their deportation from Hungary.
