persecution, torture, and extermination of any race deemed inferior by the Nazi regime from 1939-1945

the time frame of the Holocaust

The countries that make up the Axis Powers

The countries that make up the Allied Powers

_____ was the leader of Germany.

_____ was the leader of Italy.

_____ was the leader of Japan.

_____ was the leader of the United States.

_____ was the leader of Russia.

_____ was the leader of Great Britain.

Hitler's political party

3rd time in history that Germany was united under one empire

secret state police

another name for the Green Police

Indian word and symbol for peace and tranquility

When were the Nuremburg laws passed?

Laws passed in 1935 that took many rights away from the Jews.

Hitler's idea of the perfect race of people

Qualities of the Aryan race

prejudice against the Jewish faith / culture

the type of camp where people worked until they died of starvation, exhaustion, or disease

The type of camp where Jews lived and were sold to German companies. Worked 16 hour days.

the type of camp used purely for extermination

a cyanide-based pesticide used in gas chambers to kill people

the largest forced labor / death camp

the open destruction of Jewish homes, businesses, and places of worship

"Kristallnacht" means...

killing of a massive amount of people of a certain race or religion

WW2 begins when Germany invades _____.

Prior to WW2, Germany defied the Treaty of Versailles by annexing _____.

Hitler's plan to wipe out the Jewish race.

The date that Japan attacked the US at Pearl Harbor.

December 7, 1941 is known as the "date which will live in _____."

sectioned off area of a city, designated for Jews; served as a way to control and segregate Jews from non-Jews

Jews fought back when their ghetto was ordered to be emptied. Though they lost, they gave others hope.

Allied forces land in Normandy with the largest seaborne force in history

June 6, 1944 is also known as ______.

On May 7, 1945

On August 20, 1945,

Japan surrendered only after...

Where Nazi officials were convicted of war crimes.

Where Jews went after the Holocaust.

Displaced Persons Camps were often old _____.

The country that was established after WW2 to give the Jews a homeland.

Mein Kampf means...

How many men (of the 100 in their train car) survive the trip to Buchenwald?

saved thousands of Jews by giving them Chinese visas

made fake documents to help Jews escape, was the leader of the Children's division to help Jews escape, was captured but escaped

undercover spy from England who helped Jews escape

people who fought back in the Warsaw ghetto

stood up for Jews in Bulgaria and helped thousands escape

first death camp, cammoflauged

used his own fortune to pay for Jews to escape (famous movie made about his life)

"labor education facility" turned into death camp

little girl who wrote a diary about living in fear and hiding

rescued Jews by letting them hide behind her bedroom wall, was captured and her family died in a concentration camp