Transcript The Final Solution to the Jewish Question”

“The Final Solution to the
Jewish Question”
Bellwork:
In your own words, define the word
Holocaust.
 Make a list of words, phrases, names, etc.
associated with the Holocaust.
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Holocaust
Name given to the mass slaughter of Jews
and other groups by the Nazis during
World War II.
 The extermination of over 6 million Jews.
 More than 5 million others were victims of
various methods of execution.
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Causes for this Atrocity
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European AntiSemitism
Mein Kampf
Living Space
Blamed for loss in
WWI
The Early Stages
 Nuremburg
Laws
 Kristallnacht
 Executions of
European
prisoners of war
The Nuremberg Laws
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Enacted Sept. 1935
Laws identifying Jews and
restricting many of their basic
rights.
Banned interracial marriages,
holding public office, and
voting
Labeling by yellow star or red
J on passports
Several other conditions
More are added throughout
the reign of Hitler
Kristallnacht
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The Night of Broken Glass – Nov. 9, 1938
A German Jewish refugee shot a German
diplomat in Paris (Nov. 7, 1938)
Initiated by Joseph Goebbels for retaliation
The Gestapo (government’s secret police)
arrested over 20,000 wealthy Jews
Kristallnacht
Jewish possessions were confiscated and
over 7,500 businesses destroyed.
 Over 90 Jews died and hundreds were
injured.
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Refugees Attempt to Flee
Over 350,000 German Jews escaped
Germany
 Many were denied entrance into new
homes due to several factors.
 US immigration policy allowed a limit of
150,000, but there were fixed quota from
each country.
 Many fake visas were sold. When Jews
arrived in a new county, they were denied.
SS St. Louis (1939) is a great example.
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Notable People Associated with the
Holocaust
Rudolf Hoss
 Josef Mengele (Angel of Death)
 Anne Frank
 Ellie Wiesel
 Heinrich Himmler
 Albert Einstein
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Holocaust Figures Descriptive
Paragraphs Assignment
Choose 3 of the following notable
Holocaust figures to research and write a
descriptive paragraph.
 Writing should consist of at least 4 solid
sentences, explanation of who this person
is, and why they are a significant figure
concerning this horrific event.
 Topics: Ellie Wiesel, Heinrich Himmler,
Rudolf Hoss, Anne Frank, and Josef
Mengele.
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The Answer to the Problem
January 20, 1942 the Wannsee
Conference was a meeting of Nazi leaders
to solve the Jewish problem
 1st solution: send Jews and other
undesirables to eastern Europe to build
roads and who didn’t die due to the labor
would be eliminated.
 2nd solution: Extermination camps –
camps usually attached to concentration
camps primarily for execution.
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Concentration and Death Camps
Concentration camps: locations designed
to retain groups of people for various
reasons during the Holocaust.
 1st established in 1933 for political
opponents
 After Hitler began acquiring various lands
such as Poland, concentration camps were
built in many conquered areas.
 Auschwitz was the most well known
camps. It housed over 100,000 people in
300 barracks. An estimated 1.6 million
people died there.
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Characteristics of a Concentration
Camp
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Fences, guards,
barracks, dead
bodies, striped
uniforms, etc.
Liberation
By late 1944, the Soviets and US/GB were
collapsing on Germany.
 In order to dispose of some evidence of
their actions, many camps were mostly
evacuated and prisoners were forced on
death marches which killed a great
number of people.
 In early 1945, the Allies began liberating
camps.
 Many of the survivors were placed in
displaced persons camps
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Punishment and Assurance
War crimes and crimes of against humanity
were tried in the Nuremburg Trials.
 The International Criminal Court was not
established until 2002 in response to the
ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia.
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Holocaust Wrap-Up Storyboard
Create a 6 panel storyboard concerning
the Holocaust.
 Each panel must consist of both
Illustration and TEXT.
 Storyboard must be colored and turned in
on time.
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