The Holocaust and Anti-Semitism (Junior Cert History): Flashcards
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What is genocide?
What is genocide?
Deliberate killing to destroy a nation/ethnic group
Jews murdered in Holocaust
Jews murdered in Holocaust
6 million
What is anti-Semitism?
What is anti-Semitism?
Hatred/prejudice against Jewish people
What was Mein Kampf?
What was Mein Kampf?
Hitler's manifesto declaring Jews a threat to Germany
Nuremberg Laws year
Nuremberg Laws year
1935
Kristallnacht year
Kristallnacht year
1938
Number of ghettos established
Number of ghettos established
Over 400
What were Einsatzgruppen?
What were Einsatzgruppen?
Mobile killing squads that executed Jews
Final Solution year
Final Solution year
1942
Number of extermination camps
Number of extermination camps
Six
Gas used in death chambers
Gas used in death chambers
Zyklon B or carbon monoxide
Auschwitz liberation date
Auschwitz liberation date
27th January 1945
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day
27th January
Year Israel founded
Year Israel founded
1948
Anne Frank's death year
Anne Frank's death year
1945