"What factors contributed to the rise of the Nazi party in Germany?
Discuss the progression of anti-Semitism in Nazi-era Germany, from the early days of the party through Kristallnacht.
- Prior to the establishment of the ghettos, what regulations were put into place to reduce Jewish rights?
- What did the Einsatzgruppen do in Poland?
- What were the responsibilities of the Judenrate in the ghettos?
- How did outsiders help Jews within the ghetto?
- What was the Nazi response to deaths within the ghetto?
Critical Thinking Questions - How do you think the ghettos facilitated the eventual extermination of the Jews?
- Why might ghettos have been an entirely Eastern phenomenon, not built in Germany or other Nazicontrolled areas?
- How did Jews maintain hope within the ghetto?
- How did the invasion of the Soviet Union differ from that of Poland?
- How did Operation Barbarossa pave the way for the Final Solution?