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Nazi concentration camps - Quiz
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  • 1. When did Nazi Germany operate its concentration camp system?
A) 1933-1939
B) 1914-1918
C) 1939-1945
D) 1933-1945
  • 2. Which organization ran the concentration camps after the 1934 purge of the SA?
A) The SS
B) The Gestapo
C) The Wehrmacht
D) The Communist Party
  • 3. When were the first concentration camps established?
A) January 1933
B) March 1933
C) June 1941
D) September 1939
  • 4. What was the primary purpose of the extermination camps created from 1941 onward?
A) Re-education
B) Forced labor
C) Systematic murder
D) Military training
  • 5. Approximately how many people were registered prisoners in the camps?
A) 1.65 million
B) 10 million
C) 700,000
D) 500,000
  • 6. How many registered prisoners died during their imprisonment?
A) About a million
B) 50,000
C) 1.65 million
D) 200,000
  • 7. Who were the primary prisoners in the camps initially?
A) Soldiers of the Red Army
B) Members of the SS
C) Prisoners of war
D) Members of the Communist Party of Germany
  • 8. What was a ubiquitous feature of the Nazi camps?
A) Legal representation
B) Democratic elections
C) Frequent release of inmates
D) Forced labor
  • 9. What term did the British coin in the early 20th century regarding camps?
A) Concentration camp
B) Internment center
C) Prisoner of war camp
D) Extermination camp
  • 10. Which event saw the use of camps that involved systematic murder prior to the Nazi era?
A) First World War
B) Herero and Nama genocide
C) Boer War
D) Armenian genocide
  • 11. How did Nazi propaganda depict camp prisoners to the German public?
A) As foreign tourists
B) As dangerous criminals
C) As political heroes
D) As innocent victims
  • 12. When did the majority of camp fatalities occur?
A) Immediately after the war
B) First half of World War II
C) During the 1930s
D) Second half of World War II
  • 13. What happened to hundreds of thousands of prisoners during the liberation period?
A) They died in death marches
B) They were sent to work in factories
C) They were immediately freed
D) They were repatriated to their home countries
  • 14. Which document was violated by Germany during WWI regarding the treatment of prisoners?
A) 1907 Hague Convention
B) Treaty of Versailles
C) United Nations Charter
D) Geneva Convention
  • 15. Which group was NOT mentioned as being arrested for the camps as time progressed?
A) Jews
B) Asocials
C) Habitual criminals
D) Government officials
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