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Schindler's List
Historical Preview
The Jews
1. What are Jews?
__________________________________________
2. What is their sacred document called? _________________________________
3. Who is the most famous Jew of all history? _______________________________
4. Why didn't the Jews have their own country any more?
__________________________________________
5. What was the reason the Christians said they were mad at the Jews?
__________________________________________
6. Who actually killed the Christ? __________________________________________
7. Why did the Jews want Christ dead?
____________________________________________________________________________________
8. What is the sacred document of the Christians? ________________________________
9. What are the 2 parts of that document?
_______________________________ _______________________________
10. How long had the Jews been without a country by the 1920s? ___________________
11. How did the Jews maintain a unified culture without a country?
12. religion: __________________________________________
13. community: __________________________________________
14. economics: __________________________________________
15. define "ghetto" __________________________________________
16. define "pogrom" __________________________________________
The Germans
17. define Nationalism: __________________________________________
18. define Colonialism: __________________________________________\
19. How did Nationalism and Colonialism affect the relations between European countries during 1800s & early 1900s?
Nationalism: __________________________________________
20. Colonialism:
__________________________________________
21. What kind of government did Germany have before World War I? __________________________________________
22. What started World War I? __________________________________________
23. Why did Germany get into World War I?
__________________________________________
24. Why did Germany become a democracy after WWI?
__________________________________________
25. Why was Germany so poor after WWI?
__________________________________________
26. What was the Warsaw Pact?
__________________________________________
27. Why did Jews tend to have more money in Germany than other Germans?
__________________________________________
The War
28. When was World War II? __________________________________________
29. Who was on "Our Side" is World War II?
__________________________________________
30. Who was on "Their Side" is World War II?
__________________________________________
31. Who started it? __________________________________________
32. What was the fight about?
__________________________________________
33. Why were the Germans mad at the Jews?
__________________________________________
34. What was the excuse for locking up the Jews?
__________________________________________
35. Who else was locked up because of who they were? __________________________________________
36. What is a "black market"?
__________________________________________
37. What was a "work camp"?
__________________________________________
38. What was a "concentration camp"? __________________________________________
39. What happened to the possessions of those who were locked up?
__________________________________________
40. What was "The Final Solution"?
__________________________________________
Schindler's List Plot(Story) Questions
1. What rules about the Jews had just been made in Poland (by the Germans) at the beginning of the movie?
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2. Why had Schindler come to Poland from Germany?
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3. What was Schindler's primary purpose in going to the night clubs?
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4. Who was Ihtzak Stern and why was he at the Juderat?
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5. What did Schindler want from Stern?
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6. What was Schindler going to do for it? (What was his side of the bargain?)
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7. What law was Schindler taking advantage of?
__________________________________________
8. What new law was passed by the Germans which caused the Jews to accept Schindler's offer?
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9. How did Schindler's offer change to take advantage of the new law?
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10. What happened to the Jews' personal possessions under this law?
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11. How did Schindler personally benefit from this law?
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12. Why did Schindler hire Jews to work in the factory?
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13. What kind of people did Stern hire for the factory work? Why?
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14. What did Schindler send to the German officers that he wanted to do business with?
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15. What did he tell his wife he would be remembered for in Krakow (Poland)?
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16. Why did Schindler get angry when Stern brought the old man to say thank you?
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17. Why did the Germans make the Jews shovel snow even when it took them away from more important work?
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18. Why did they shoot the old man?
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19. What did Schindler do about it?
__________________________________________
20. How did Schindler get Stern off the train to the concentration camp?
__________________________________________
21. Why did Schindler say he got Stern off the train to the concentration camp?
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22. Why did Commandant Goeth hire Helen when she had no domestic experience?
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23. When a Jewish female engineer told the Commandant that the barracks structure was defective, what did he do to her?
What did he do about the barracks?
__________________________________________
24. What was it that Commandant Goeth called a historical day? Why?
__________________________________________
25. During the liquidation, the Jews were separated into groups according to what 2 criteria?
1.________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
26. What did the doctor and the nurse give to their patients? Why?
__________________________________________
27. A Jewish woman who prepared a hiding place in the floor changes her agreement with a friend at the
last moment. What did she change?
__________________________________________
28. A German boy dressed in a military uniform hides the woman whose son was his friend. When the
granddaughter leaves her hiding place & finds her grandmother, what does the boy do?
__________________________________________
29. Where is Schindler during the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto?
__________________________________________
30. Suddenly, in this black and white movie, there is color. What is it?
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31. What are the soldiers doing with the stethescope?
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32. After the Krakow Ghetto Massacre, Goeth calls some businessmen to offer them a deal. What does he want them to do?
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33. Was the incident with the hinge-maker and the guns that wouldn't fire a true story or a symbol of something?
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34. Why does Schindler keep giving things --lighters, watches, etc.-- to Stern?
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35. Who is Goldberg?
__________________________________________
36. Why did the boy tell Col. Goeth that the man Goeth shot was the one who stole the chicken?
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37. Why does Schindler get so mad at Stern when the young woman asks him to rescue her parents?
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38. How does Schindler explain to Stern what makes Goeth behave so badly?
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39. What story about Goeth does Stern tell Schindler to show that Schindler is wrong about him?
__________________________________________
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40. What does Schindler do about the girl's parents?
__________________________________________
41. Col. Goeth: They fear us because we have the power to kill them
Schindler: They fear us because we have the power to kill them ______________ . A man commits a crime we have him killed
and we feel pretty good about it or we kill him ourselves and feel even better. That's not power, that's _______________________________
42. Why does Schindler tell Goeth the story of the Emperor who pardons the criminal?
__________________________________________
43. Does it work? ____________
44. When Col. Goeth seeks Lena in wine cellar, he says, "I realize you're not a ___________ in the strictest sense
of the word."
45. Why is Schindler arrested?
__________________________________________
46. What reason do the Jewish women in the camp give to explain why the story of the gassings is untrue?
__________________________________________
47. Why does Goeth order that all the laborers be given a health examination?
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48. When the SS arrest Schindler, Col. Goeth defends him, saying the Jewish woman _________________
over him. "They have a power, like a ____________ "
49. Where did Schindler see the girl in the red coat for the second time?
__________________________________________
50. Col. Goeth tells Schindler the labor camp is being shut down & the laborers are being sent to Auschwitz. Why?
__________________________________________
51. Why does Col. Goeth agree to allow Schindler to take his workers back to his hometown in Czechoslavakia?
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52. How does Stern describe the List?
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53. Since Goeth cannot take Helen with him when he leaves, Schindler wants to put her on the List. What does Goeth say
would be the "merciful" thing to do with her?
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54. Why did Schindler offer diamonds to buy back the women and children from Auschwitz?
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55. What does Schindler tell Stern to do that costs him all his money?
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56. Why is Schindler going to be hunted as a criminal after the war?
__________________________________________
57. Where did the Jews get the gold for Schindler's ring?
__________________________________________
58. What was inscribed in the ring?
__________________________________________
59. Why is Schindler so upset when he leaves?
__________________________________________
60. How do the Jews honor Schindler after the war?
__________________________________________
61. How many did Schindler save?
__________________________________________
62. How many descendants are there now?
__________________________________________
63. What happened to Amon Goeth after the war?
__________________________________________
64. What happened to Schindler after the war?
__________________________________________
Understanding Personality States in Schindler's List
Part 1
Each of the following situations in Schindler's List is an example of the presence of one of the Personality
States. Each asks 3 questions:
I. What Personality State is in use? II. What is the clue?
III. What is the connection
between the clue and the Personality State?
1. When the Germans conquer Poland, they made a law that all Jews must
register with the government, wear armbands, and move to Krakow.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
2. Schindler wined & dined the German High Command in order to have powerful friends who could help him.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
3. Schindler got angry when Stein brought the old
man to say thank you because the old man had one arm & obviously wasn't hired for his ability to work. Schindler didn't
want to know about it.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
4. The Germans made the Jews
shovel snow even when it took them away from more important work because they wanted to enjoy seeing them do trivial work.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
5. The soldiers shot the old man because he wasn't
useful.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
6. Schindler complained to the authorities
about the old man's death even though it made him look soft on Jews.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
7. Schindler got Stern off the train to the concentration camp by threatening to have the guard sent to the Russian
front.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
8. Commandant Amon Goeth hired Helen when she
had no domestic experience because he was attracted to her. (A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
9. When a Jewish female engineer told the Commandant that the barracks structure was defective, Goeth said she was an
educated Jew like Karl Marx and then shot her, saying "We won't argue with these people". Then he followed her suggestion
about the barracks.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
10. Amon Goeth described the liquidation
of the Krakow ghetto to his troops as "history" because "600 years ago Cassir the Great invited the Jews to come to Krakow,
and they flourished in business, science, the arts. For 6 centuries Krakow has been Jewish. By this evening this will be a
rumor; it never happened.:
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
11. As the ghetto Jews
were being rounded up, some were eating jewels hidden in bread.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
12. At the ghetto hospital, the doctor & nurse gave poison to hospital patients before soldiers could shoot
them.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
13. A Jewish woman who prepared a hiding place
in the floor agreed to hide a friend's daughter but turned the mother away at the last moment in fear that there wouldn't
be enough room.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
14. Soldiers listened to the ceiling
with a stethescope to find Jews who had hidden.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
15.
Col. Goeth got up from sex and took potshots at Jews working below.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
16. At a meeting Between Goeth & private businessmen, Col. Goeth admires Schindler's silk shirt. Schindler
responded: "I'd tell you I'd get you one, but the man who made it is probably dead."
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD
or Concept:
Why?
17. At a private meeting between Schindler and Goeth, Schindler complained about his workers being
removed to the labor camp by saying: "Every day that goes by I lose money. Every one who dies costs me. It's bad business!"
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
18. In some situations, there is more than one personality
state working together:
In the private meeting between Schindler and Goeth, Goeth hinted at possibilities when he said,
"They tell me you really know the meaning of the word gratitude," and Schindler responded submissively, saying, "You could
help me. I would be grateful."
Which of Schindler's Personality States is speaking? (A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD
or Concept:
Which of his Personality States chose the speaker? (A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
Why?
19. Schindler
moved his business inside the "wire" of Plazkow forced labor camp because it was the only way he could continue to use the
Jews he had hired.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
20. Col. Goeth, at Schindler's
plant, timed a worker and decided to shoot him because he appeared to be working too slowly.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C)
CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
21. Goeth's gun jammed. The worker explained that the reason his pile of hinges
was small was that the machines were being recalibrated so he was shovelling coal, but Goeth was so furious that the gun continually
misfired that he hit the man with it.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
22. Stern told
Schindler the hinge story when Schindler visited, but Schindler acted like he didn't understand the significance.
(A)
PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
23. A young woman wanted Schindler him to save her parents
because they were killing old people in her hometown. He threw her out of his office and complained to Stern, who said, "Are
you losing money?" Schindler answered: "No. That's not the point. It's dangerous. To me."
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
24. Schindler saved the girl's parents and brought them to Krakow.
(A) PARENT (B)
ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
25. Schindler excused Goeth's behavior to Stern, saying, "He is under
enormous pressure. He has this whole place to run and the war . . .which always brings out the worst. If it weren't for the
war,it would be only the good."
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
26. A man escaped
from the labor camp. Goeth killed 25 people from his barracks for punishment.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD
or Concept:
Why?
27. Schindler and Goeth discussed control, power, and justice after a party. Schindler told Goeth
the story of the Emperor who pardoned the criminal just because he could. He cleared hoped to teach Goeth a moral lesson.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
28. When Goeth sought Lena in wine cellar, he said:
"I realize you're not a person in the strictest sense of the word . . . They compare you to vermin, rodents, lice."
(A)
PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD
KEYWORD or Concept:
Why?
Understanding Personality States in Schindler's List
Part 2
1. At his birthday party, Schindler kissed all the German wives.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
2. The Jewish women, talking in the barracks at night, refused to believe the story about gassing because it didn’t
make sense to kill your work force.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
3. Goeth separated the sick from the
healthy prisoners to make room for a new shipment of Hungarian Jews.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
4. The
prisonersput blood on their lips & cheeks to look healthier.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
5. The Gestapo
arrested Schindler for kissing a Jewish girl because it broke the law of the Race and Resettlement Act.
(A) PARENT (B)
ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
6. Goeth spoke to the Gestapo in defense of Schindler.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
7. “They cast a spell, the Jews,” Goeth told the Gestapo. “They have a power, like a
virus. It’s as real as typhus.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
8. Schindler paid Goeth
for each of 1100 employees that he wanted to relocate to his home in another country.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
9. Schindler told another sympathic business owner that he was ransoming and moving his Jewish employees to safety
and asked him to do the same.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
10. Stern told Schindler: “The list
is an absolute good . The list is Life. All around it’s margins lies the caul.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT
(C) CHILD Clue:
11. When Schindler put Lena on the list, Goeth said he wanted her to take her to Vienna to grow old
with her. (A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
12. Goeth agreed with Schindler that he can’t take Lena with
him. “What I can do if I am any kind of a man,” he said, “is the next merciful thing: take her
into the woods and shoot her painlessly in the head.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
What is missing
in this attitude?
13. Schindler told the new crew of guides at his hometown : “Under dept w provisions,
it is unlawful to kill workers without cause. If you do, you go to prison, and I get paid. Therefore, guards will no longer
allowed on factory floor without my permission.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
14. Stern criticized
Schindler’s business, saying, “They say you have miscalibrated the machines. They could shut us down &
send us all to Auschwitz.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
15. “If this factory ever
makes a real profit,” Schindler answered, “I will be very unhappy.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT
(C) CHILD Clue:
16. Even though it was against the law, Schindler told the rabbi to celebrate the Sabbath.
(A)
PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
17. When the announcement came that the war was over, Schindler told the workers
that he would flee the country because he was a member of Nazi party, a munitions manufacturer, and a slave labor profiteer.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
18. To the guards, Schindler said: “I know you have been sent instructions
to dispose of all of the workers at this camp. This is your opportunity to kill them . . . or you could just leave & return
to your families as men instead of as murderers.”
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
19. One of the
workers volunteered to have his tooth pulled to provide the gold to make a ring for Schindler.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C)
CHILD Clue:
20. All 1100 workers signed a letter trying to explain things in case Schindler was captured.
(A)
PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
21. As he left, Schindler broke down crying because he felt that he could have got
out more people.
(A) PARENT (B) ADULT (C) CHILD Clue:
Life Attitudes in Schindler's List
1. OSCAR SCHINDLER
Which of these behaviors are true for this person?
___ Acts out to get attention
___ Doesn't believe in people
___ Feels inferior to others
___ Likes to hurt people
___ Thinks people are
all right
___ Tries not to be noticed
___ Cares only about self
___ Wants to please people
___ Feels despair
Which Attitude best describes these behaviors?
___ 1. I'm Not OK--You're OK
___ 2. I'm Not OK--You're Not
OK
___ 3. I'm OK--You're Not OK
___ 4. I'm OK--You're OK
Describe this person's basic character.
__________________________________________
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2. ITSZAK STERN
Which of these behaviors are true for this
person?
___ Acts out to get attention
___ Doesn't believe in people
___ Feels inferior to others
___ Likes
to hurt people
___ Thinks people are all right
___ Tries not to be noticed
___ Cares only about self
___ Wants
to please people
___ Feels despair
Which Attitude best describes these behaviors?
___ 1. I'm Not OK--You're
OK
___ 2. I'm Not OK--You're Not OK
___ 3. I'm OK--You're Not OK
___ 4. I'm OK--You're OK
Describe this
person's basic character.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
3.
HELENA HIRSCH
Which of these behaviors are true for this person?
___ Acts out to get attention
___ Doesn't
believe in people
___ Feels inferior to others
___ Likes to hurt people
___ Thinks people are all right
___
Tries not to be noticed
___ Cares only about self
___ Wants to please people
___ Feels despair
Which Attitude
best describes these behaviors?
___ 1. I'm Not OK--You're OK
___ 2. I'm Not OK--You're Not OK
___ 3. I'm OK--You're
Not OK
___ 4. I'm OK--You're OK
Describe this person's basic character.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
4. AMON GOETH
Which of these behaviors are true for this person?
___ Acts out to get attention
___ Doesn't believe in people
___ Feels inferior to others
___ Likes to hurt
people
___ Thinks people are all right
___ Tries not to be noticed
___ Cares only about self
___ Wants to
please people
___ Feels despair
Which Attitude best describes these behaviors?
___ 1. I'm Not OK--You're OK
___ 2. I'm Not OK--You're Not OK
___ 3. I'm OK--You're Not OK
___ 4. I'm OK--You're OK
Describe this person's
basic character.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
5.
GOLDBERG
Which of these behaviors are true for this person?
___ Acts out to get attention
___ Doesn't believe
in people
___ Feels inferior to others
___ Likes to hurt people
___ Thinks people are all right
___ Tries
not to be noticed
___ Cares only about self
___ Wants to please people
___ Feels despair
Which Attitude
best describes these behaviors?
___ 1. I'm Not OK--You're OK
___ 2. I'm Not OK--You're Not OK
___ 3. I'm OK--You're
Not OK
___ 4. I'm OK--You're OK
Describe this person's basic character.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Schindler’s List
Historical Preview
The Jews
1. What are Jews?
people who worship the God Jehovah in the religion of Judaism
2. What is their sacred document called? __The TORAH_________
3. Who is the most famous Jew of all history?
_Jesus Christ[os] (Greek) = Joshue ben Josef _
4. Why didn’t the Jews have their own country any more?
_In 138 AD the Romans ran them out , scattering them throughout Europe_
5. What was the reason the Christians said they were mad at the Jews?
Christians blame Jews for asking that Jesus be killed
6. Who actually killed the Christ? __the Romans_______
7. Why did the Jews want Christ dead?
__A lot of Jews wanted Jesus to lead a political revolution in Jerusalem__
__Jewish Elders were afraid it would get all Jews executed____
8. What is the sacred document of the Christians? _The Bible__
9. What are the 2 parts of that document?
__The Old Testament = The Torah__ __The new Testament_
10. How long had the Jews been without a country by the 1920s? __1750+_
11. How did the Jews maintain a unified culture without a country?
religion: ___Studied at international Jewish centers for rabbis__
12. community: __lived together in cities ___
13. economics: _international ties with other Jewish business leaders_
14. define “ghetto:”
_part of a city inhabited by a minority (originally Jews)_
15. define “pogrom:”
_organized massacre___________________
The Germans
16. define Nationalism:
the Country is more important than individuals_
17. define Colonialism:
_conquest & exploitation of weaker peoples_
18. How did Nationalism and Colonialism affect the relations between European countries during 1800s & early 1900s?
_Nationalism_”Mine Is Better Than Yours”
19. _Colonialism_”I want the Territory you Stole_
20. What kind of government did Germany have before World War I? __monarchy (Holy Roman Emperor)_
21. What started World War I?
_2 small countries started to fight _
22. Why did Germany get into World War I?
__Two big groups of countries had created Alliances & these 2 small countries were 1 of each alliance_
23. Why did Germany become a democracy after WWI?
___WE MADE THEM DO IT __
24. Why was Germany so poor after WWI?
__WE MADE THEM PAY BACK EVERYBODY’S WAR DEBTS __
25. What was the Warsaw Pact?
__The treaty that ended World War 1 written by the conquerors
26. Why did Jews tend to have more money in Germany than other Germans?
__Jews in Germany had maintained contacts in other countries__
The War
27. When was World War II? It officially began in 1939 -US joined in 1941
28. Who was on “Our Side” is World War II?
England - France - Australia - Canada - US - Russia (2)
29. Who was on “Their Side” is World War II?
Germany -Italy- Austria - Hungary - Japan - Russia (1)
30. Who started it? Germany -- by invading neighboring countries
31. What was the fight about? Germans were landlocked
32. Why were the Germans mad at the Jews?
They were “Christ-killers” with too much money & therefore traitors
33. What was the excuse for locking up the Jews?
They were an inferior race who would contaminate superior German blood
34. Who else was locked up because of who they were?
blacks homosexuals Swingers
35. What is a “black market”? selling products illegally
36. What was a “work camp”?
Jail that uses Slave labor
37. What was a “concentration camp”?
Work camp where some inmates are executed
38. What happened to the possessions of those who were locked up?
confiscated by the govt
39. What was “The Final Solution”?
genocide/ extermination of all Jews everywhere
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