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Flashcards by Kirsty Nicholson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kirsty Nicholson
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| Question | Answer |
| How long was the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands? | Nearly 5 years. 30th June 1940-9th May 1945 |
| Why was resistance difficult in the Channel Islands? | Most British men were away fighting in the British Army. The only 'resistors' left were women, the elderly and children. |
| How did people on the Channel Islands demonstrate resistance? | Some printed underground newspapers. Undermine the Nazis by not following rules. Writing Anti-Nazi Graffiti. |
| How many people in the Channel Islands were punished for resistance? | 4000 were sentences for breaking the law, 570 of those were imprisoned. |
| What was Hitler's plan for the Channel Islands? | To make them an 'impregnable fortress' as part of the Atlantic Wall of fortifications. |
| How did Channel Islanders resist Hitler's plans? | They refused to help in the construction of the bunkers and tunnels along the coast of the islands. |
| How many concentration camps were built in the Channel Islands? | Four were built to house 16,000 prisoners. Around 700 died. |
| Why did the Nazis want to occupy Poland? | They needed Lebensraum (living space). |
| What was Himmler's plan for Poland and its people? | To remove as many Poles or Slavic people as possible and to replace then with Germans. |
| Who controlled the 'General Government' of Poland? | Hans Frank |
| What did Hans Frank's/ rule of terror look like | He destroyed Polish culture, education and leadership. Schools and universities were closed. Polish intellectuals and leaders were killed. |
| What did the Nazis believe about the Slavic race? | They were racially inferior and should be removed. |
| Approximately how many Poles were killed? | 1.9 million non-Jewish Poles were killed. |
| How many Poles were deported and sent to forced labour camps? | 1.5 million |
| What was the Polish Jew experience of occupation? | From 1940 Jews were concentrated in ghettos. The Nazis murdered over 3 million Polish Jews. A network of concentration and death camps were established throughout Poland. |
| What did the exiled Polish government set up? | The Polish government established 'Delegatura' - a secret state within Poland |
| What happened in Poland in August of 1944? | The Warsaw Uprising. It lasted two months but the Nazis brutally crushed the resistance. |
| When did German troops invade the Netherlands? | 10th May 1940 |
| Were the Dutch treated similarly to the Slavs from Poland? | No. They shared the same ethnic background as the Germans so did not receive such harsh treatment. |
| Did the government of the Netherlands change due to occupation? | Not really. Civil Servants were allowed to continue working if they chose to. The education system was not changed as the Nazis feared backlash. |
| Did the Dutch comply with the Nazis? | Yes, on the whole. When civil servants were asked to complete ancestry forms to remove 'Jewish elements' nearly all complied. |
| Give one example of Dutch attempts at resistance. | On 29th June, Prince Bernhard's birthday, many Dutch citizens wore carnations in support of the royal family in exile. |
| When did occupation of the Netherlands change? | In 1941. In February the first Jewish men were rounded up for deportation. |
| How did the Dutch react to the rounding up of Jewish men? | Dutch communists called for strike action. Trams stopped working and strikers marched in the streets. |
| How did the Nazis react to Dutch resistance? | They shot the strikers. 9 were killed. Hundreds were arrested. On 31st March the first death sentences against Dutch citizens were issued. |
| What were Dutch Jews forced to wear in April 1942? | The star of David. |
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