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What year was Kristallnacht?
1938
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What was Kristallnacht?
Sudden violent programme against Jews, many deaths and destruction to Jews
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Where did Kristallnacht start and end?
Started in Berlin and spread throughout Germany
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Who feared international criticism and why?
The Nazis as even they were suprised at how drastic and violent it was
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Why did Kristallnacht happen?
Goebbels thought it was what Hitler wanted and thought it would gain him popularity
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What was the final solution?
The final decision to exterminate the Jews
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How is the decision making of the final solution unclear?
There is no written evidence of the decision making as it either never existed or was destroyed
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What year was the Wannsee conference in?
1942
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How long did the Wannsee conference last?
1hr30mins
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Where did the Wannsee conference take place?
Berlin
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What was the purpose of the Wannsee conference?
Extermination of the Jews, to gas 11million Jews in Europe
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What year were the Nuremburg laws introduced?
1935
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What did the Nuremburg laws aim to do?
Prevent 'cross breeding' with the aryan race and Jewish, Jews not to be german citizens and could not travel to escape
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What year were jews required to wear a yellow star?
1941
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What was the plan for Jews in 1940?
To be shipped off to Madagascar
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In what camp did the mass gassings begin?
Chelmo Camp
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Why did the pace of exterminating the Jews pick up in 1943?
Germany was losing the war and the Nazis wanted to 'finish the job'
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