Holocaust Exam II Study Guide

• Describe the relationship of Social Darwinism to Nazi Germany.

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

  Various state laws

  Future directions

• Discuss the early history of eugenics in Nazi Germany.
  Basic ideas

  Various laws

  Path from racial hygiene to genocide

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

  Describe steps involved in the euthanasia process

  Discuss the rationale behind the sterilization and euthanasia projects

• 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

• Discuss the persecution of non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust

• Be able to discuss the functions of the Einsatzgruppen.

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

• Be able to name and briefly discuss the Operation Reinhard death camps.

• Be able to discuss the relationship between the ideology and functioning of the T4 and the Death Camp systems.