Before the Holocaust | During the Holocaust | After The Holocaust/ Why it happened | Random facts |
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Holocaust comes from Greek words
Where does the word Holocaust come from?
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March 17th, 1942
When did the first mass gassing start?
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Hitler committed suicide
A week before Germans final surrender what did Hitler do?
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Invaded neighboring countries
Hitler wanted to make Germany bigger so he did what?
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"Holos" meaning whole and "Kaustos” means burned
What does Holocaust mean?
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Camp Belzec
Where did the first gassing take place
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They couldn't live in the areas he controlled
What is a law that discriminated against Jews
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The summer and fall of 1942
When did the heaviest deportations take place?
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Roman authorities
Who destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem?
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As many as 12,000 Jews
During the summer of of 1944 how many of Hungary's Jews where killed each day?
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Go to school, keep pets, or have a bicycle
Some laws said that some Jewish kids could not do what?
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More than 3,000
In 1942 how many people where deported in the summer and fall from the Warsaw ghetto alone?
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Forced Jews to leave Palestine
Where did Hitler force Jews to leave from?
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"The Final Solution"
What did Hitler call the Holocaust
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1947
What year did the British force the ship Exodus to take Holocaust survivors back to Germany?
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Israel
Pressure was increased on allied powers to create a homeland for Jewish survivors. Leading them to create what country?
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1934
When did Hitler become head of state?
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August 1941
When did Officials gas 500 POWs?
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4,500 survivors
How many survivors were on board the Exodus when it was on its way to Germany?
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1948
What year did Israel become a country?
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