Transcript The Holocaust - Social Studies School Service

The Holocaust
Table of Contents
• Antisemitism
• The Nuremberg Laws
• The “Final Solution”
• The Ghettos
• Death Camps
Antisemitism
Historic:
• Religious—Jews blamed for death of Jesus; stereotype of
the “wandering Jew”
• Economic—Jews accused of economic exploitation
• Social—Jews viewed as outsiders, suffering expulsions,
discriminatory laws, confinement to ghettos
Modern:
• Protocols of the Elders of Zion—purports a worldwide
Jewish conspiracy
• Political—Jews accused of spreading Marxism
• Racial—Nazi racial ideology promoted the idea that
Jews are a separate race “polluting” the German Volk
Nazi Antisemitic Propaganda
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Demonized Jews
Perpetuated stereotypes
Reinforced Nazi racial ideology
Encouraged viewing Jews as “alien”
Engendered fear and paranoia
Antisemitic
Propaganda
“The Eternal Jew”
• What type of source
might this be?
• What do you think
the title of the poster
means?
• What is in the man’s
right hand?
• What antisemitic belief
does this part of the
image reinforce?
• What is the man holding in
his other hand?
• What might it symbolize?
• What does the man hold under his arm?
• What is the symbol?
• Why is the symbol placed there?
Describe the man’s
clothing, facial features,
and posture.
• How do all these serve
Nazi purposes?
• Why is he shown with
his eyes closed?
Consider all the highlighted
parts of the poster.
• What message is conveyed
by the poster as a whole?
• Is there any significance in
the colors that are used in
the poster?
• How does referring to Jews
in this way reinforce Nazi
stereotypes?
• How does this
characterization of Jews
support Nazi goals?