AP European History AMSCO Guided Notes

8.9: The Holocaust

AP European History
AMSCO Guided Notes

AP European History Guided Notes

AMSCO 8.9 - The Holocaust

Essential Questions

  1. How and why were cultural and national identities affected by war and the rise of fascist/totalitarian powers from 1914 to the present?
I. Nazi Persecution Intensifies

1. What were the Nuremberg Laws and what rights did they deny to German Jews?

2. What was Kristallnacht and what were its immediate consequences for Jewish communities?

3. Why did most Jews who fled Germany and Austria between 1935 and 1941 remain vulnerable to Nazi persecution?

II. Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution

1. What decision did Nazi officials make at the Wannsee Conference and what term describes this plan?

III. Labor Camps and Death Camps

1. What was the difference between labor camps and death camps in the Nazi system?

2. What role did Nazi allies and collaborationist regimes play in the Holocaust?

IV. Further Persecution and Resistance

1. How did the Nazis kill Jews through different methods during the Holocaust?

2. What were ghettos and what conditions did Jews face in them?

3. What was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and what was its significance despite its failure?

4. How many Jews died in the Holocaust and what other groups did the Nazis also target for extermination?

Key Terms

Jewish Question

Kristallnacht

ghetto

Nuremberg Laws

concentration camp

Holocaust