Transcript The HOLOCAUST

THE HOLOCAUST
Looking through the eyes of those
who suffered…
Lisa VanBeveren
North Syracuse Junior High School
[email protected]
HOLOCAUST
Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by
fire."
In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over
nine million. Most European Jews lived in countries that
Nazi Germany would occupy or influence during World
War II. By 1945, the Germans and their collaborators killed
nearly two out of every three European Jews as part of the
"Final Solution," the Nazi policy to murder the Jews of
Europe.
TASK OVERVIEW
We will be define the problem of the
Holocaust as a class.
We will then look at pictures from the time
and collect evidence of the injustices the
Jewish population faced.
BACKGROUND
The Holocaust was the systematic persecution and
murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi
regime and its collaborators.
"The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January
1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and
that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an threat to the
so-called German racial community.
THE PROBLEM
 Define as a class.
 Based on your prior knowledge, what are
some of the injustices the Jewish population
faced?
GATHERING EVIDENCE
 You will be viewing six photographs and a short
video
 As you watch please gather evidence of injustices
that the Jewish population faced during the
Holocaust.
 Record your observations on the note sheet
provided.
 We will have a class discussion based on the
evidence you gathered.
PHOTOGRAPH ONE
Imagine the conditions on those trains. What would it be
like? How would you feel?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
PHOTOGRAPH TWO
Notice their clothing. What do you see? What does that mean?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
PHOTOGRAPH THREE
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
PHOTOGRAPH FOUR
Look at the details of this picture. How are the prisoners dressed?
How are they standing? What inferences can you make?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
PHOTOGRAPH FIVE
Based on this photo, what inferences can you make about the
treatment in the camps?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
PHOTOGRAPH 6
Imagine sleeping in these quarters.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Photo Archives
VIDEO
Link to video from the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum website about the liberation
of death camp known as Auschwitz.
http://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-tothe-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide
Maximize the Real Player video screen to view
the video.