Transcript The Holocaust PPT

The Holocaust
1933-1945
As Hitler takes Power
 In 1933 nine million Jews
lived in the 21 countries of
Europe that would be
military occupied by
Germany during the war.
 The Nazis set up the first
concentration camp at
Dachau. The first inmates
are 200 Communists.
Dislike for the Jews
 Hitler comes to power in 1933
 Has great dislike for Jews
 Blames Jews for WWI loss
 Blames Jews for all hardships encountered by
Germans
 1934- Jewish newspapers can no longer
be sold in the streets.
 1935- Jews are deprived of their
citizenship and other basic rights.
1936
 Nazis boycott Jewish-owned business.
 The Olympic Games are held in Germany;
signs barring Jews are removed until the
event is over.
 Jews no longer have the right to vote.
 German troops annexed Austria.
 Jews must carry id cards and
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Jewish passports are marked
with a "J."
Jews no longer head businesses,
attend plays, concerts, etc.;
all Jewish children are moved to
Jewish schools.
Jewish businesses are shut
down; they must sell businesses
and hand over securities and
jewels.
Jews must hand over drivers'
licenses and car registrations.
Jews must be in certain places at
certain times.
1938
Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken
Glass"
 On the night of November 9, 1938,
violence against Jews broke out across
the Reich.
 In two days,
 over 1,000 synagogues were burned,
 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and
looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed,
and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools,
and homes were looted while police and fire
brigades stood by.
 30,000 German Jewish men were
arrested for the "crime" of being Jewish
and sent to concentration camps
1939
 World War II begins as
Britain and France declare
war on Germany.
 Hitler orders that Jews
must follow curfews; Jews
must turn in radios to the
police; Jews must wear
yellow stars of David.
1940
 Nazis begin deporting German Jews to
Poland.
 Jews are forced into ghettos.
 Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews
in Poland.
 Jews are put into concentration camps.
Major Concentration Camps
Types of Camps
 There were different kinds of camps
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Ghettos,
Concentration camps,
forced labor camps,
extermination camps
 Begin Genocide
 is the deliberate and systematic destruction,
in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial,
religious, or national group.
1942
Jews are forbidden
to: subscribe to
newspapers; keep
dogs, cats, birds,
etc; keep electrical
equipment
including
typewriters; own
bicycles; buy meat,
eggs, or mild; use
public
transportation;
attend school.
Final Solution
 “The Final Solution” The Nazi’s plan to
exterminate the Jewish people during
WWII
 Germans used Jewish people to perform
medical experiments during the Holocaust
1943
 Jews “living” in concentration camps
 February: About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who
would die in the Holocaust have already been
murdered.
Victims Killed
Jews
Soviet POWs
Ethnic Poles
Romani
Disabled
Freemasons
Homosexuals
Jehovah's
Witnesses
Death Camps
Selection Process
 Right or Left
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LIFE!
 Not selected to live 
Results
 The Holocaust was the systematic annihilation of six
million Jews by the Nazis during World War 2
 By 1945 two out of every three European Jews had
been killed. 1.5 million children were murdered.
 It is ESTIMATED that 6 million Jews were killed, total
that died represented 1/3 of all Jewish people alive at
that time
German Reaction
 Many Germans
knew about
Concentration
Camps
 MOST Germans
had no idea of the
cruelty and horror
that took place
Death Toll
Victims Killed
Jews 5.9 million
Soviet POWs 2–3 million
Ethnic Poles 1.8–2 million
Romani 220,000–1,500,000
Disabled 200,000–250,000
Freemasons 80,000–200,000
Homosexuals 5,000–15,000
Jehovah's Witnesses 2,500–5,000
Nuremburg Trials
 Prosecution of prominent members
of the political, military, and
economic leadership of Nazi
Germany after its defeat in World
War II.
 The indictments were for:
 Participation in a common plan or
conspiracy for the accomplishment of
crime against peace
 Planning, initiating and waging wars of
aggression and other crimes against
peace
 War crimes
 Crimes against humanity
Creation of Israel
 The United
Nations
establishes a
Jewish
homeland in
Britishcontrolled
Palestine,
which becomes
the State of
Israel in 1948.
 Based on
historical and
biblical home
of the Jews