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5 Cards in this Set
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Roots of the Holocaust in the 19th Century |
- The Rise of Nationalism meant minority groups were looked down upon - The Word Anti-Semitism was first first used in 1879 - Pogroms against Jews in Russia after the murder of the Tsar in 1881 |
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The Irving Trial |
In 2005, British historian David Irving was arrested for Holocaust denial in Austria and served 13 months in prison He claimed that gas chambers were "fairy tales" |
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Circumstances that caused Holocaust |
- As a result of the failure of the Nazi Deportation Policy - Functionalist Opinion - Intentionalists see that it was down to German Bureaucracy rather than just Hitler
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Jewish Resistance types |
- Jewish military groups fighting Nazi regime and also passive resistance groups - April to May 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising: 18 dead Germans but 1300 Jews were killed - Resistance in Concentration camps |
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Concentration camps uprisings |
- August 1943 uprising in Treblinka concentration camp and 70 inmates escaped and interrupted gassing for a month - October 1943 uprising in Sobibór extermination camp 50-70 inmates escaped and this forced the closure of the camp - October 7th 1944 uprising at Auschwitz 3 SS guards were killed but also almost all the escapees were killed |
