Genocide Exam II Study Guide

You should be able to:

• Describe the impact of the Versailles Treaty on the people of Germany and its role in the development of the Holocaust

• Describe the history of anti-Semitism in Europe in terms of common themes actions and ideas

• Discuss the early history of eugenics in the United States.

• Discuss the early history of eugenics in Nazi Germany.

• Discuss the purpose and functioning of the T-4 project (the euthanasia project) in Nazi Germany.

• Describe the Holocaust in terms of the number of victims and the various groups singled out by the Nazi's for genocide and/or persecution

• Describe the role of bystanders during the Holocaust including actions taken or not taken

• Identify the names of the various concentration and death camps and the number of camps in Nazi Europe

• Describe the steps on the path to violence in relation to the Holocaust.

• Discuss the various groups that experienced genocide or persecution at the hands of the Nazis.

• Discuss the similarities and differences between Roma and Jews in relation to their history prior to WWII and treatment during the Nazi era.

• Describe the death marches that occurred towards the end of WWII.

• Apply Woolf and Hulsizer's model of genocide (including such factors as historical cultural preconditions, crisis, authoritarian governments, ideology, social psychological factors, etc) to the Holocaust.

• Describe the history of Cambodia, the role of political crisis, and the U.S./Vietnam War on the development of genocidal conditions in Cambodia

• Describe the genocide in Cambodia in terms of the number of victims and the various groups targeted for genocide and/or persecution

• Describe everyday life conditions in Cambodia during 1975-1979 and the rules imposed by the Khmer Rouge

• Apply Woolf and Hulsizer's model of genocide (including such factors as historical cultural preconditions, crisis, authoritarian governments, ideology, social psychological factors, etc) to the auto-genocide in Cambodia.