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Question 1

In Germany, a theory of human heredity had merged with the racist doctrine of volkisch nationalists, to form a political ideology of a nation based on ______.

race

religion

eugenics

a and b

Question 2

At the center of the Holocaust Era, is the _______ (originally a Biblical term meaning widespread disaster), a specific event in the 20th century history: the systematic, deliberate, state-sponsored, bureaucratic destruction of nearly 6 million Jews, a third of the world's Jewish population, killed for no other reason than that they were Jews, by the Nazi regime & its collaborators, between the years 1933-1945. The destructive will (Vernichtungswill) of the Nazis was aimed at the totality of the Jews.

*a) Sho'ah

lebensraum

Hassid

Olah

Question 3

The picture of the Jews encountered in Nazi propaganda was drawn, in part, from a long tradition of antisemitism; 'Crucifixion,' Modern Germany crucified by the Jew, in Julius Streichter's virulent antisemitic German newspaper. But the Nazis were not interested in converting Jews to Christianity, because they viewed them in purely racial terms.

Der Stuermer, 1939, no.4

Lebensraum, 1945, no. 4

Der Spiegel, 1939, no. 4

Question 4

____________ : The Nazi political movement and regime in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler. It ruled Germany from 1933-1945 and dominated Europe for most of World War II; based on extreme nationalism, territorial expansion and racism; it promoted antisemitism.

National

Socialism

Liberalism

Socialist Workers

Question 5

Nazi Germany from the end of the Weimar Republic to the end of WW II; term refers to Hitler's name for his German Empire as a successor to the Empire of the Roman Emperors and the Empire of Bismarck in 19th century Germany.

the Third Reich

the Second Reich

the Great Reich

Question 6

The German internal Secret State Police, the _____________, was organized in 1933 by the Commissar of Prussian Police __________________________; it was a division of SS spies, aimed at any so-called enemies of the regime and could seize and arrest anyone at will without regard for court or law.

Whermacht; Joseph Goebbels

Gestapo; Hermann Goering

Gestapo; Joseph Goebbels

Question 7

________ was the chief of the _____, an 'Elite Guard' black-shirted members, who were disciplined, dedicated, and utterly ruthless men indoctrinated in racial ideology, and who were an important tool of Nazi terror.

Joseph Goebbels; S.A.

Heinrich Himmler; S.S.

Joseph Goebbels; S.S.

Question 8

On March 23rd, 1933, the Nazi-controlled Reichstag passed a new law'to fight the crisis of the people & the state' - Law for Removing the Distress of the People & Reich, giving Hitler sole power to make laws, without consent of Parliament = dictatorial power.

the Enabling Act

the Dictatorial Act

the Distress Act

Question 9

The 1st German concentration camp for political opponents, Jews & homosexuals, was set up on March 20, 1933, at

Treblinka

Dachau

Auschwitz

Question 10

Symbolic of the Nazi regime were the monster rallies staged at _____, held every September, combined the symbolism of a religious service with the merriment of a popular amusement. They had great appeal & evoked mass enthusiasm & excitement. 1000s roared, marched, & worshiped at their leader's feet

Berlin

Nuremberg

Munich

Question 11

On July 14, 1933, after all opposition political parties were outlawed. destroyed, Hitler proclaimed the ________the only legal political party in Germany. By the end of summer 1933, within 7 months of being appointed chancellor, Hitler & the Nazis had established the foundations for

a totalitarian state.

Social Democratic Party

Nazi Party

Social Party

Question 12

Several weeks after Hitler was named Chancellor, ________________ was appointed the Minister of People's Enlightenment & Propaganda; this minister launched a program of subtle conditioning and indoctrination of the German people.

Joseph Goebbels

Adolf Eichmann

Henrich Himmler

Question 13

On the night of May 10, 1933, under orders from Hitler's Minister of Propaganda and Popular Enlightenment, Nazis across Germany threw __________ into huge bonfires.

books

flags

a and b

Question 14

After 1933, Germany created the political framework that made it possible to translate an ideology of inequality into a policy of ____________.

exclusion

inclusion

Question 15

The Nazis denigrated much of the Western cultural heritage of Europe and liberal, humanistic values. Nazi teachers in school classrooms began to apply the 'principles' of ___________ -a new course. They measured skull size and nose length, and recorded the color of their pupils' hair and eyes to determine whether students belonged to the true "Aryan race."

racial science

German science`

hereditary science

Question 16

Antisemitic book for children compares the 'German' & the 'Jew,' to demonstrate the biological inferiority of Jews, racial superiority of Germans, and that Aryan racial theories are scientific; stories called the Jews 'devils,' scum, and _____________.

poison mushroom

venomous rats

poison snake

Question 17

Intense ideological indoctrination took place within this compulsory Nazi youth group for German boys aged 6 to 18. A dagger engraved with 'Blood & Honor,' was the graduation diploma for ____________________.

Hitler Youth

Nazi group

Hitler's Boys

Question 18

On June 6, 1934, Hitler, following a bargain with the army high command, ordered the massacre of the Stormtroopers, street fighters Brown-shirts (SA), the Rohm Blood purge or _______________, when Roehm and several hundred men in the S.A. and a number of marked men, branded as traitors, were murdered; the Nazi regime became a criminal one.

the Night of the Long Knives

the Great Purge

the Night of the SA

Question 19

In the economic sphere, the regime pursued the use of public works projects to foster employment and end the depression; ___________dropped to 2.6 million in 1934, from 6 million in 1932.

unemployment

inflation

Question 20

On Aug. 2, 1934, with the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler proclaimed himself_______________ ; he combined the offices of Chancellor and President - Hitler sole ruler to whom army members pledged a new oath of obedience.

Fuhrer und Reichskanzler

Kaiser und Emperor

Kaiser und Fuhrer

Question 21

In August 19, 1936, during the XI Olympic Games held in Berlin, Hitler made a hasty departure from the stadium to avoid offering congratulations to ________, the African-American track star, Ohio State University athlete, who was the undisputed hero of the games with four gold medals.

Jesse Owens

Jesse Smith

Jesse Johnson

Question 22

Hitler's obsessive preoccupation with the 'Jewish question' was, & remained right up to the last moments of his life, absolutely central to his view of the world. The 'War against the Jews,' was a multi-dimension process; it involved their gradual exclusion from economic life & from German (and, later on, from occupied European) society by______, social pressure and intimidation

legislation

referendum

a and b

Question 23

Flags, uniforms, ___________ (heil to victory), fanfares, marching columns, banners, & searchlights, were used to mold the Nazi party, and later all of Germany into total compliance with Nazi policy.

Sieg Heils

Heil Lebensraum

Seig Lebensraum

Question 24

From 1933 to1939, legal onslaught against the Jews, to eliminate them from all areas of public life, strip them of their citizenship, & restrict their religious freedom. On April 7th 1933, the Nazis introduced their 1st anti-Jewish law, the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service Act (Law for the Reestablishment of the professional Civil service), firing all '_________________' civil service workers. Thousands of Jews were fired or forcibly 'retired' from their jobs as a result

non-Aryans

Gypsies

Roma

Question 25

Toward the end of 1934, a so-called Nazi "expert" on the Jews, __________________, was hired by the S.D. to work in its department for Jewish affairs.

Hermann Goering

Adolf Eichmann

Joseph Goebbels

Question 26

Two laws enacted on September 15, 1935, defined the Jews in purely racial terms (according to the number of Jewish grandparents they had), & stripped them of their citizenship.

Berlin Laws

Nuremberg Laws

Munich Laws

Question 27

1938 - a turning point; Jewish communities under the jurisdiction of the SS and direct authority of the Gestapo; anti-Jewish policy more oppressive. The compulsory expropriation of Jewish industries, businesses and shops, under the Nazi regime, after 1938: ________ - the ownership of most Jewish businesses was taken over by non-Jewish Germans

Aryanization

Nazification

Germanization

Question 28

By 1938, Nazi policy of Judenrei had systematically removed Jews from the political and cultural life of Germany. The overall goal of this phase of Nazi antisemitic policy - forced __________- seemed to be working.

emigration

imprisonment

disemancipation

Question 29

About 40% of those Jews who emigrated chose British-controlled ___ as their destination.

France

Palestine

Madagascar

Question 30

______________ stated that, the countries of the world were divided into 2 camps: those that wanted to get rid of the Jews, and those that refused to take them in

Theodor Herzl

Chaim Weizmann

Alfred Dreyfus

Question 31

Congress had set up immigration _____ - limited number - in 1924 that limited the number of immigrants & discriminated against groups considered racially & ethnically undesirable

numerus clausus

quota

exclusion

Question 32

Franklin D. Roosevelt, responding to mounting political pressure, called for an international conference to address the refugee problem. The ___________, an international conference of 32 governments, was held in July, 6 & 15, 1938, to discuss the plight of refugees, many of whom were Jews escaping Nazi Germany.

Paris Conference

Evian Conference

Washington Conference

Question 33

________ : Pogrom of November 9, 1938, the "Night of Broken Glass," coordinated with Heindrich and Goebbels: Antisemitic riots in Germany and Austria during which synagogues were set afire by the Nazis, almost 100 Jews were murdered or seriously injured, and as many as 30,000 Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps

Judenrei

Kristallnacht

Night and Fog

Question 34

The ________________________ : an effort to admit 20,000 endangered Jewish refugee children; it was not supported by the Senate in 1939 and 1940.

Wagner-Rogers bill

Truman bill

Roosevelt bill

Question 35

On May 13, 1939, a cruise ship, _______, carrying 937 passengers, most Jewish refugees, left Hamburg, Germany, seeking freedom from Nazi terror; it was turned away from Cuba & the US

the St Louis

the Cuban

the Exodus

Question 36

May 17, 1939: British government published its ____________ on Palestine barring Jews from Palestine - 75,000 immigrants to be permitted to enter; more by Arab consent.

White Paper

Black Paper

Red Paper

Question 37

Germany under Nazi rule emphasized the primacy of _______ ideology, which stressed the descent of the German people from the superior Aryan race, and the superiority of the 'Germanic race,' -the "master race." Hitler's close confidant Rudolf Hess made this clear when he defined National Socialism as applied biology.

racial

democratic

eugenics

Question 38

The advancement of German culture, in Nazi doctrine, required to limit those who were not "productive" in work or who would otherwise not advance the goals and objectives of the State. Nazis believed that the "useless mouths" (the chronically ill and the physically and mentally defective/challenged) had no right to live.' The Nazi phrase, "_____________" was used to describe such people, as well as criminals, the insane, and the physically challenged/handicapped. This characterization was soon extended to include Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, and homosexuals.

*a) Life unworthy of life

Life without useless people

Useless Life

Question 39

The application of genocidal policies did not start with the Jews; from the moment the Nazis took power in 1933, they introduced the racial hygiene programs to __________ those deemed '_________' for German society - to assure that the blood of the German "master race" remained "pure" of any contamination by people with undesirable features. German scientists & physicians were in the forefront of the _______ movement (selective breeding), which was popular on both sides of the Atlantic.

weed out, unfit; eugenics

include, fit; antisemitism

weed out, impure; Darwinist

Question 40

In 1933, the Nazis began to put into practice their racial ideology. German physicians who believed that the human race could be improved by limiting the reproduction of people considered 'inferior,' 'undesirables,' 'mentally deficient', were allowed to perform forced _________ for personsjudged too defective to have children, with certain hereditary diseases; 200,000 victims.

sterilizations

abortions

a and b

Question 41

The Nazis went one step further in approving a program of 'mercy killing;' mentally and physically handicapped persons were rounded up and sent to special facilities for "treatment," a euphemism for the murder of 'defective' persons;. judges approved the _____________ of Germans deemed unfit to live in the world of Aryan excellence. "

Question 41 options:

euthanasia program

forced starvation program

lebensraum program

Question 42

Homosexuals blamed for undermining racial community by failure to produce children, were sometimes sent to regular concentration camps; they wore ___ triangle.

pink

black

red

Question 43

______ : Members of a Christian group also called Bible Students, who opposed Nazism from the beginning, & were the 1st religious association to be banned; they rejected racism, ultra-nationalism, and the deification of state and Fuhrer; they refused to make the Hitler salute - heil Hitler, display the swastika flag, join the Nazi party, & perform military service; for their refusal to conform to Nazi ideals, thousands of them were sent to prisons & concentration camps, where they were designated by a _______.

Jehovah's Witnesses; purple triangle

German Gypsies; red triangle

Jehovah's Witnesses; pink triangle

Question 44

They were arrested, tortured & persecuted by the Nazis because of WHAT they did

Jehovah's Witnesses, the homosexuals, members of the clergy, political opponents

the mentally ill, handicapped, Jews, Black, Gypsies, Slavs

Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Slavs

Question 45

Hitler violated the 1933 concordat with the Pope; he dismissed Catholic teachers from schools; opposition clergy were arrested. 1000s of priests & nuns arrested & deported to concentration camps. In 1937 the Pope issued an encyclical called 'With Burning Concern.' It criticized Hitler for breaking their agreement; there was __________ to Nazi antisemitic policy.

opposition

no opposition

outcry

Question 46

______ : Pastor of the church at Dahlem, near Berlin; he refused to recognize control of secular authorities, & in 1937 was arrested; was famous for a specific quotation.

Martin Niemoller

Martin Pascal

Martin Spiegel

Question 47

With few exceptions, most Germans ____________with the boycott of all Jewish businesses, on April 1, 1933.

complied

did not comply

Question 48

The Nazi Party's rise to power was built upon two dominant ideologies: __________ & _______. Hitler called his future plans for a Nazi-controlled Europe & introduction there of Nazi racial ideology, the _____

racial purity & lebensraum. New Order

communism & appeasement. New Deal

racial purity & lebensraum. New Deal

Question 49

1938: March 12/13, without war, Germany proceed with the annexation of Austria or the _______. Sept. 29/30/1938: Following a policy of appeasement, Britain & France agreed to the German annexation of the Sudetenland; British Prime Minister _____________appeases Hitler, and claimed 'Peace in our times.'

Anschluss. Neville Chamberlain

Lebensraum. Neville Chamberlain

Anschluss. Winston Churchill

Question 50

In the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact,

Stalin agreed to allow Hitler to invade Poland

Hitler and Stalin agreed to divide Czechoslovakia

Hitler and Lenin agreed to divide Czechoslovakia

Question 51

Hitler consolidated his power, created the Third Reich from the Weimar Republic, and transformed Germany into a ruthless dictatorship using the following THREE important and effective means:

Legislation, terror, propaganda

Legislation, terror, relocation

Reorganization, Re-education, Relocation