Nazi crimes

What was the name of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland where over one million people were killed?
Auschwitz-Birkenau
What was the systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazis during World War II called?
Holocaust
Which secret police in Nazi Germany was responsible for extensive repression, arrests, and torture?
Gestapo
What was the name of the trial in 1945–46 where leading Nazis were prosecuted for war crimes?
The Nuremberg Trials
What was the name of the program where the Nazis killed people with disabilities and mental illnesses?
The T4 Program
What was the name of the Nazi paramilitary organization that ran many of the camps and was responsible for mass killings?
SS (Schutzstaffel)
What term did the Nazis use for their plan to exterminate Europe's Jews?
The Final Solution (Die Endlösung)
Which country was first invaded by Nazi Germany in 1939, starting World War II?
Poland
Which group, in addition to Jews, was systematically persecuted and killed in large numbers in the concentration camps?
Romani people (often pejoratively called 'Gypsies' at the time)
What was the name of the SS chief who had primary responsibility for organizing the Holocaust?
Heinrich Himmler
What was the name of the night in 1938 when synagogues and Jewish businesses in Nazi Germany were destroyed and thousands of Jews were arrested?
Kristallnacht (also known as the November Pogrom)
What is the name of the young Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank
What was the name of the Nazi youth organization that indoctrinated children and teenagers?
Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend)
What was the name of the large prison and concentration camp in Berlin used by the Gestapo?
Sachsenhausen
What was the name of the Nazi leader who was Minister of Propaganda and responsible for the regime's media control?
Joseph Goebbels

What was the name of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland where over one million people were killed?

Auschwitz-Birkenau

What was the systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazis during World War II called?

Holocaust

Which secret police in Nazi Germany was responsible for extensive repression, arrests, and torture?

Gestapo

What was the name of the trial in 1945–46 where leading Nazis were prosecuted for war crimes?

The Nuremberg Trials

What was the name of the program where the Nazis killed people with disabilities and mental illnesses?

The T4 Program

What was the name of the Nazi paramilitary organization that ran many of the camps and was responsible for mass killings?

SS (Schutzstaffel)

What term did the Nazis use for their plan to exterminate Europe's Jews?

The Final Solution (Die Endlösung)

Which country was first invaded by Nazi Germany in 1939, starting World War II?

Poland

Which group, in addition to Jews, was systematically persecuted and killed in large numbers in the concentration camps?

Romani people (often pejoratively called 'Gypsies' at the time)

What was the name of the SS chief who had primary responsibility for organizing the Holocaust?

Heinrich Himmler

What was the name of the night in 1938 when synagogues and Jewish businesses in Nazi Germany were destroyed and thousands of Jews were arrested?

Kristallnacht (also known as the November Pogrom)

What is the name of the young Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?

Anne Frank

What was the name of the Nazi youth organization that indoctrinated children and teenagers?

Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend)

What was the name of the large prison and concentration camp in Berlin used by the Gestapo?

Sachsenhausen

What was the name of the Nazi leader who was Minister of Propaganda and responsible for the regime's media control?

Joseph Goebbels

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