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