Transcript Document 527293

What is the
Holocaust?
The term Holocaust means
total burnt offering.
The Holocaust is
responsible for the deaths
of 6 million Jews and twothirds of the total
European Jewish
population.
Former Buchenwald prisoners .
Adolf Hitler
 Hitler was appointed the
Chancellor of Germany
January 30, 1933.
 Hitler becomes Dictator
of Germany in 1933.
 By 1934 Hitler had total
control of the army.
(Photo credits: KZ Gedenkstatte Dachau, courtesy
of USHMM Photo Archives)
A parade of Hitler Youth in
Nuremberg.
Mass Meeting
for Hitler
In huge rallies, Hitler
captured the minds and
imaginations of everyone.
Anyone that opposed this
policy was an immediate
candidate for the first
concentration camp,
Dachau, where they were
re-educated.
Mass Meeting for Hitler photo courtesy of Yad
Vashem
Concentration Camp
in Buchenwald
1st Concentration
camp opened in
March 1933.
Prisoners in
Buchenwald
are forced to stand
without moving for
endless hours as a
punishment.
Prisoner’s at roll call.
Mistreatment of
the Jews
 The world accessible to
German Jews narrowed.
 Jews were no longer allowed
to enter cinemas, theaters,
swimming pools, and resorts.
 The publishing of Jewish
newspapers was suspended.
 Jews were required to carry
identification cards and to
wear Star of David badges.
Chart of Prisoner
Markings Used in
Concentration Camps
 Jews
 Roma
 Jehova Witnesses
 Homosexuals
Photo credit: KZ Gedenkstätte Dachau,
courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives
The mistreatment
of the Roma's
 The Roma were nomadic people that believed
to have come originally from northwest India.
 Like Jews, they were deprived of their rights.
 The fate of the Romanic peoples paralleled
that of the Jews during the war.
 In total, hundreds of thousands of Roma were
killed during the Holocaust.
The Mistreatment
of the Jehovah's
Witnesses
The Jehovah’s Witnesses were a relatively small group
of prisoners in the concentration camps.
If Jehovah's Witnesses within the camps signed
documents renouncing their religious beliefs, they
would be freed. Very few, signed the declarations.
About 10,000 Jehovah's Witnesses were imprisoned in
concentration camps.
The Mistreatment
of Homosexuals
 A state policy of persecution of
homosexuals began in Germany in 1933.
 Publications by and about homosexuals
were prohibited and burned.
 Some homosexuals spent time in prisons
and about 10,000 were sent to
concentration camps.
The
Kristallnacht
In November 1938, an event
occurred which was called
"Kristallnacht," or the "Night
of Broken Glass.“
In one night, 1,350 Jewish
synagogues were burnt.
30,000 Jews were thrown
into concentration camps
7,000 Jewish businesses
were destroyed
A group of children in the Soviet Union just prior to their execution.
The smashed window of a Jewish
shop is looked upon by Germans in
the aftermath of Kristallnacht.
Concentration
Camps
Camps
Through 1940 Jews are forced into ghettos
and the lucky flee or are deported.
The first mass murder of Jews begins in
Poland.
In 1942 Germany releases its “Final Solution”
to eradicate all of the European Jews.
Eastern European ‘Jew Ghettos’ are being
emptied and they are sent to camps.
Concentration Camps Continued
Not until 1943 do the world’s
major powers admit that atrocities
are being committed.
By 1944 Hitler has stepped up
the killings to over 15,000 Jews a
day.
Most Jews would be sent to
Auschwitz where they would dig
their own graves.
In 1945 the death camps are
emptied and Jews become
‘displaced persons’.
Concentration
Concentration Camp
Camp
Survivors
Survivors
The End