Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Directions:

Use the following websites to help you find the answers to the following questions. This information will help your understanding of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. Answer with complete sentences on a lined paper or by typing your answers.

1. What is the Holocaust?

2. Who was Adolf Hitler? List 5 facts about him.

3. Was Hitler married or did he have a girlfriend? If so, who, and describe her.

4. What was the Nazi party and what did they believe? What was their goal?

5. What group(s) of people did Hitler target?

6. What is a concentration camp? Name some specific camps used by Nazis.

7. What was the ghetto in Germany?

8. What is a swastika?

9. What does “Fuhrer” mean? It's German.

10. What is a scapegoat? Who was Hitler's scapegoat?

11. What years did WWII occur? List 3 facts about WWII.

12. What was “The Final Solution”?

13. What is Genocide? Define.

14. Who was Schindler?

15. How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

16. How many people in total were killed during the Holocaust (Jews and others)?

17. Describe the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston. Where is it located?

18. List 5 facts about John Boyne, the author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas.