Question

What was Holocaust? How was it practised in Germany?

Answer 1

Instructions:
This question has two parts. The first part gives the definition of Holocaust and the second part lists the different ways in which the Jews were tortured in Nazi Germany from 1933-1945.

Solution:

• The atrocities and sufferings that the Jews had endured during the Nazi killing operations is known as the ‘Holocaust’.
• It was practiced in Germany by the Nazis, using the following methods:
• Physically eliminating all those who were seen as ‘undesirable’ by killing them in gas chambers by the use of poisonous gas.
• Making people from Poland and Russia as slave labour and imprisoned them in concentration camps.
• Jews were segregated and pauperized, forcing many of them to leave the country.
• Jews were victimized through the media by circulating pictures, films, slogans and leaflets. They were stereotyped, mocked, abused and described as evil.