Transcript Events After World War I and their Impact on Georgia

World War II
Learning Targets
 I can describe the impact of World War II on
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Georgia’s development economically, socially, and
politically.
I can describe the impact of events leading up to
American involvement in World War II to include
Lend-Lease and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
I can evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft,
military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick
shipyards, and Carl Vinson.
I can explain the impact of the Holocaust on
Georgians.
I can discuss the ties to Georgia that President
Roosevelt had and his impact on the state.
Allied Troops Enter
 In the Spring of 1945, as Allied troops pushed
into Poland, Austria, and Germany, nothing
could have prepared them for what they
found...
Holocaust
 Name given to the systematic extermination
(killing) of 6 million Jews.
 An additional 5 – 6 million people, labeled
“undesireables” were also killed by the Nazis.
 Planned to destroy all Jews because they
believed the Jews were inferior and
destructive in purity of the German people.
 Still remains the largest genocide (deliberate
and systematic destruction of an ethnic,
racial, religious, or national group) in human
history.
Concentration (Labor) Camps
 When the German army entered a city, they
herded the Jewish people into trucks or railroad
cars and took them to work in labor camps.
 They were forced to make supplies for the
German army.
Branded
 Those who survived the German
concentration camps had a daily reminder of
the horrors they experienced... A number
branded into their arms.
Concentration Camps
 People who were
sick or unable to
work were killed
immediately .
 Many others died
in these camps
from the hard
work and poor
living conditions.
Many Were Murdered
 Systematically murdered in gas chambers, firing
squads, and in other inhuman ways. Prisoners
were gassed in chambers they thought were
showers.
 Their bodies were incinerated in huge ovens or
thrown into mass graves.
 The deaths of these Jews, Poles, Czechs,
Russians, Gypsies, homosexuals, and the
mentally or physically disabled all fit Hitler’s
plan to rid Europe of what he called “inferior”
people.
Some Survived
 Battled
Disease,
Starvation,
Mistreatment,
Medical
Experiments
and Brutal
Conditions
Holocaust Survivors
 After being rescued,
many homeless
Holocaust survivors
migrated westward to
territories.
 Jewish agencies helped
the survivors with food,
clothing and vocational
training.
 Many migrated to
Israel and the United
States.
Reaction in the US
 In the 1940s, news
did not travel as fast
as it does today.
 People in the US did
not know about the
Holocaust until the
end of the war.