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World War II -The Holocaust Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by dingbatalso. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
dingbatalso

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
20,428

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
10106

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the first permanent Nazi concentration camp that opened? Hint

Drancy

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Dachau

Berg

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Question 2 of 10

2. How old was Hitler when he committed suicide? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the largest combined death and concentration camp? Hint

Treblinka

Majdenek

Chelmno

Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Question 4 of 10

4. What concentration camp held only women prisoners? Hint

Gurs

Grini

Ravensbr�ck

Nis

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Question 5 of 10

5. On what date did American soldiers liberate Mauthausen concentration camp? Hint

January 27, 1945

October 7, 1944

July 23. 1944

May 5, 1945

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Question 6 of 10

6. Did the Nazis kill other groups of people besides the Jews?

Yes

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Question 7 of 10

7. When was the Warsaw Ghetto established? Hint

May 1940

January 1941

Sepember 1940

November 1940

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1936 anti-Jewish signs were removed in Berlin. Why? Hint

Because Hitler wanted them removed

Because the Nazis had second thoughts about antisemitism

Because the Olympics were held in Berlin

Because the Jews fought back until they were removed

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the transit concentration camp that was located in Holland? Hint

Niederhagen

Auschwitz

Westerbork

Mechelen

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the person that did cruel and inhuman research on twins, at a major death camp? Hint

Reinhard Heydrich

Josef Mengele

Adolf Eichmann

Heinrich Himmler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the first permanent Nazi concentration camp that opened?

Answer: Dachau

Dachau was established on March 22, 1933. It was located near Munich, Germany and initially was used primarily for political opponents of the Nazis.

2. How old was Hitler when he committed suicide?

Answer: 56

Hitler was born in the year 1889. He committed suicide on April 30, 1945.

3. What was the largest combined death and concentration camp?

Answer: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau was established in 1940. It was both a death and a slave labor camp.

4. What concentration camp held only women prisoners?

Answer: Ravensbr�ck

Ravensbrueck was built in 1939 and was located north of Berlin.

5. On what date did American soldiers liberate Mauthausen concentration camp?

Answer: May 5, 1945

Mauthausen was a camp for men. It was located in Upper Austria. The SS made it was one of the harshest camps. Many people died, by being thrown off cliffs; others died of exhaustion.

6. Did the Nazis kill other groups of people besides the Jews?

Answer: Yes

Besides Jews, the Nazis killed political opponents, homosexuals, incurables, Roma ('gypsies), people who helped these groups and Jehovah's Witnesses, or anyone else that did not fit into the 'Aryan Race' or into the Nazi scheme of things.

7. When was the Warsaw Ghetto established?

Answer: November 1940

In 1940, the Jews living in Warsaw and nearby areas were sent to live in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis. They lived in terrible conditions which rapidly deteriorated. Many of the Jews that lived there were sent to Treblinka in 1942-43.

8. In 1936 anti-Jewish signs were removed in Berlin. Why?

Answer: Because the Olympics were held in Berlin

They took down these signs for the Olympics, so the rest of the world would not see how Jews were being treated. Then the Nazis put them back up after the Olympics were over.

9. What was the transit concentration camp that was located in Holland?

Answer: Westerbork

Anne Frank, her family, and the rest of the people that were in the secret annex, were held at Westerbork. They were held there from August 8, 1944 to September 3, 1944, before being taken to other concentration camps.

10. Who was the person that did cruel and inhuman research on twins, at a major death camp?

Answer: Josef Mengele

After the war Mengele escaped to South America, where he lived under another name until he died in 1979. In 1985 the body of one Wolfgang Gerhart was identified as Mengele.

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