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How many Jewish people were estimated to have been killed during the Holocaust?

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Important Questions on Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

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Crimes against humanity are considered to be a breach of:
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Briefly comment upon the consequences that the world had to suffer as a result of the rise of Nazism in Germany.
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What did the Nazi regime use to promote its racial ideas and justify the Holocaust?
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Who were primarily prosecuted at the Nuremberg Trials?
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What does the term "crimes against humanity" refer to?
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How did the Nazi regime start the process of the Holocaust?
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What was the primary purpose of concentration camps during the Holocaust?
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What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials after World War II?
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Which of the following was NOT a method of extermination used in Nazi death camps?
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How did the Nazi regime justify the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust?
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Many saw the world through Nazi eyes, and spoke their mind in Nazi language. They felt hatred and anger surge inside them when they saw someone who looked like a Jew. They marked the houses of Jews and reported suspicious neighbours. They genuinely believed Nazism would bring prosperity and improve general well-being. But not every German was a Nazi. Many organised active resistance to Nazism, braving police repression and death.

Why did many ordinary Germans remain passive and apathetic witnesses to the brutal crimes committed by the Nazis?

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What was the Nazi ideology’s belief about the "Aryan" race?
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Match the items of column A showing the time period with the corresponding items of column B showing the treatment of Jews at the hands of Nazis and select the correct choice :

Column A                                                     Column B

1. 1933 - 1939                                    i. Ghettoisation : you have no right to live among us.

2. 1940 - 1944                                    ii. Exclusion : You have no right to live among us as citizen.

3. 1941 onwards                                     iii. Discrimination : You may exists on your own.

                                                                   iv. Annihilation : You have no right to live.

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What principle did the Nuremberg Trials establish regarding crimes against humanity?
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Which of the following is an example of a crime against humanity?
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How did the Nazis implement their plan for mass killing in death camps?