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Kristallnacht Trivia Quiz

This quiz is probably easy if you know a fair amount of info on Kristallnacht. But if you don't, hopefully you'll learn something new! Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by ali33. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ali33

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
83,036

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What does 'Kristallnacht' mean? Hint

The Night of Broken Glass

The Jewish Night

Two Days of Hell

Kristallnacht was named after Adolf Kristallnacht who came up with the idea

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Question 2 of 10

2. Kristallnacht lasted two horrifying days. What two days was it? Hint

Nov. 9 & 10, 1938

Oct. 6 & 7, 1934

Sept. 23 &24, 1933

Jan. 12 & 13, 1939

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the attack targeted against? Hint

Poles

German communists

Jews

Immigrants from surrounding countries

4. The violence and rage was started by an assassination by a 17 year old Jewish man who walked into the German Embassy in Paris and shot staff member in retaliation for the inhuman treatment his father and family had received from the Nazis. Who was the man? Hint

Herschel Grynszpan

Joseph Goebbels

Hermann Goering

Adolf Grynszpan

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Question 5 of 10

5. How many Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps? Hint

About 125,000

About 25,000

2,500

87,000

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who came up with the idea of Kristallnacht?

Answer: (Last name only)

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many Jews were killed? Hint

1,846

254

15,923

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the attack of Kristallnacht for? Hint

To warn the Allies of what could happen to them

To find the man that shot the Germany Embassy staff member

To show the world that the Nazis would stop at nothing to get rid of all Jews

To warn the Jews that their fate was coming

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Question 9 of 10

9. What happened after Kristallnacht, when massive insurance claims came in? Hint

Every Jew was sent to Auschwitz

Jews in Germany were forced to convert to Christianity

Jews were rounded up and sent to ghettos throughout Germany

Jews were billed for the damage done

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Question 10 of 10

10. How much money were the Jewish people fined for Kristallnacht? Hint

2 million marks

7 million marks

$1,000,000

1 billion marks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does 'Kristallnacht' mean?

Answer: The Night of Broken Glass

Kristallnacht was called the 'Night of Broken Glass' because of the broken glass that in the streets where Jewish owned stores had been wrecked. ('Kristall' refers to the high grade lead crystal glass used for shop windows and display cabinets). The Night of Broken Glass marked an intensification in the Nazi perseuction of the Jews that culminated in the Holocaust.

2. Kristallnacht lasted two horrifying days. What two days was it?

Answer: Nov. 9 & 10, 1938

The attack started on the night of the 9th and continued during the next day.

3. Who was the attack targeted against?

Answer: Jews

Nazi Stormtroopers terrorized Jewish men, women and children.

Answer: Herschel Grynszpan

This assassination gave the Nazis what they thought was a reason to start a brutal and destructive pogrom against the Jews. Grynszpan's parents were Poles who had lived in Germany since about 1910. The Nazis had rounded up all Polish Jews and tried to deport them to Poland, but the Polish government (who was also anti-Semitic) refused to accept them, and so these Jews were forced to live in a kind of 'no-man's land' on the German-Polish border, without adequate food, water or medical attention.

5. How many Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps?

Answer: About 25,000

Jewish men were rounded up and sent all over Germany for torture, slave labour, brutal treatment and often death from the SS.

6. Who came up with the idea of Kristallnacht?

Answer: Goebbels

The action was of course sanctioned by Adolf Hitler, who also came up with many other ideas that led to the biggest world war and the largest genocide in history.

7. How many Jews were killed?

Answer: 91

91 people were murdered, 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed, 267 synogogues burned, and probably hundreds of people injured.

8. What was the attack of Kristallnacht for?

Answer: To warn the Jews that their fate was coming

Ever since the Nazis came to power in 1933 they had persecuted the Jews. Their initial policy was to bully the German Jews into emigrating. In view of the economic conditions of the 1930s it was not easy for them to find other countries willing to take them in. Those who emigrated nearly always needed a *job* (or finiancial guarantees) as well as a residence permit in the country they went to.

This was particularly hard for older Jews.

9. What happened after Kristallnacht, when massive insurance claims came in?

Answer: Jews were billed for the damage done

Hermann Goering made this speech about the billing of Kristallnacht: "I shall close the meeting with these words," Goring stated, "German Jewry shall, as punishment for their abominable crimes, etcetera, have to make a contribution of one billion marks. That will work. The swine won't commit another murder. Incidentally, I would like to say that I would not like to be a Jew in Germany."

10. How much money were the Jewish people fined for Kristallnacht?

Answer: 1 billion marks

In addition to this fine, everyone leaving Germany - whether Jewish or not - had to pay a special tax (amounting to 20% of their assets) called the 'Reichsfluchtsteuer' - the 'tax for fleeing the Reich'.

Source: Author ali33

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