Case Study Questions for Class 9 Social Science History Chapter 3 Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
Case Study Questions
Question 1:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows:
Once in power, the Nazis quickly began to implement their dream of creating an exclusive racial community of pure Germans by physically eliminating all those who were seen as ‘undesirable’ in the extended empire. Nazis wanted only a society of ‘pure and healthy Nordic Aryans’. They alone were considered ‘desirable’. Only they were seen as worthy of prospering and multiplying against all others who were classed as ‘undesirable’. This meant that even those Germans who were seen as impure or abnormal had no right to exist. Under the Euthanasia Programme, Helmuth’s father along with other Nazi officials had condemned to death many Germans who were considered mentally or physically unfit.
Jews were not the only community classified as ‘undesirable’. There were others. Many Gypsies and blacks living in Nazi Germany were considered as racial ‘inferiors’ who threatened the biological purity of the ‘superior Aryan’ race. They were widely persecuted. Even Russians and Poles were considered subhuman, and hence undeserving of any humanity. When Germany occupied Poland and parts of Russia, captured civilians were forced to work as slave labour. Many of them died simply through hard work and starvation.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:
(i) Nazis exclusive racial community belonged to pure __________
(A) Spanish
(B) Germans
(C) Russians
(D) Polish
(ii) Nazis wanted only a society of __________and ___________Nordic Aryans.
(A) Pure, Rich
(B) Healthy and Wealthy
(C) Wealthy and Impure
(D) Pure and Healthy
(iii) Jews were the only community classified as
(A) Unwanted
(B) Undesirable
(C) Impure
(D) Abnormal
(iv) Gypsies and blacks living in Nazi germany were considered as racial _________
(A) Superiors
(B) Untouchables
(C) Inferiors
(D) Below inferior
Show Answer
Ans. (i) (B) Germans(ii) (D) Pure and Healthy
(iii) (B) Undesirable
(iv) (C) Inferiors
