Question

Assertion (A): 17-18 million Jews were brutally murdered by the Nazis.

Reason (R): The Nazis were led by Adolf Hitler who propagated anti-semitism and was on a mission of 'ethnic cleansing'.

• A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A
• B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation for A
• C. A is true, but R is false
• D. A is false, but R is true

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A

Hitler came to power with the ideology of anti-semitism. He had a pseudo-scientific view of constructing an 'Aryan nation'. The Jews were the worst sufferers in Hitler's regime. Hitler stereotyped them as the killers of Christ and usurers. They were pushed to live in marked areas called Ghettos. The Nazis dehumanised Jews by comparing them to vermins, parasites, pests, lice, and rats. The Nazis also propagated that the ethnic cleansing of Jews would liberate Germany. Hitler brutally committed mass killings through various techniques such as putting the Jews in gas chambers and disinfection areas.