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