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What was the official Nazi policy toward Jews prior to World War II?
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The Nuremberg Laws gave jews a separate legal status and also deporting Jews or forcing Jews to leave the country was also the policy.
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What were the effects of Nazi anti-Jewish policies on Germany's Jewish population?
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Emigration for Germany's jews became more difficult because other countries would not accept newcomers who would fight for scarce jobs.
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What was the Nazi government's final solution?
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The delibrate mass execution of jews by starving in ghettos or being killed in concentration camps.
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Contrast Nazi policies toward Jews before and after the start of the war.
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Before the war Jews were just given a seperate legal status. After the start of the war Jews were housed in horrible living conditions in ghettos or were sent to die in concentration camps.
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Why did the Germans build death camps?
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The Germans built death camps so they would not leave behind evidence of Nazi crimes.
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What was the significance of the War Refugee Board?
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The War Refugee Board helped to save 200,000 Jews.
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Why did the Allies fail to take more actions to stop the Nazi killing of Jews?
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The Allies did not take any more actions because they did not want to do anything that might interfere with the war effort. Apathy and anti-Semitism also contributed to this inaction.
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What might have happened if the Allies had made liberating the Jews a priority in the war?
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There might not have been as many Jewish casulties.
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