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1. Who did the Nazis blame for the Reichstag fire?
A. Gypsies
B. Homosexuals
C. British
D. Communists

2. What name did the Nazis add to every male Jew's name in 1938?

A. Israel
B. Moshe
C. Isaac
D. Yizhak

3. Who was the commander of the Luftwaffe?

A. Hermann Göring
B. Joseph Goebbels
C. Heinrich Himmler
D. Paul Blobel

4. Where was the first ghetto established (on October 8, 1939)?

A. Lodz, Poland
B. Kovno, Lithuania
C. Piotrkow, Poland
D. Kielce, Poland

5. To what island did the Nazis think about deporting the Jews?

A. Cyprus
B. Tasmania
C. Cuba
D. Madagascar

6. What country surrendered to Germany on June 22, 1940?

A. France
B. Britain
C. Poland
D. Austria

7. Which death camp was not part of Aktion Reinhard?

A. Sobibor
B. Belzec
C. Auschwitz
D. Treblinka

8. What color triangle were the Jehovah's Witnesses forced to wear in the camps?

A. pink
B. purple
C. red
D. black

9. On what day was Auschwitz liberated?

A. June 6, 1945
B. January 27, 1945
C. May 15, 1945
D. March 17, 1945

10. In what country was Eichmann captured?

A. Peru
B. Chile
C. Argentina
D. Uruguay

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