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An Intro to the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler's Nazi party comes
to power in Germany in 1933.
Hitler begins his campaign
against the Jewish people.
Anti –Semitism
political, social and economic
agitation against Jews.
In simple terms it means ‘Hatred of Jews’
Aryan Race
The name of what Hitler believed was the
perfect race. These were people with full
German blood, blonde hair and blue eyes.
Lots of propaganda spread
when Hitler came to power.
The Terror Begins
The Nazis issued anti-Jewish decrees
Forced to give their businesses to non-Jewish people
Forced to wear the Star of the David to identify
themselves as being Jewish
More Decrees placed…
Not granted freedom of
Speech
The Secret Police (Gestapo)
is established
Jewish people cannot be
teachers or lawyers
Nazis at a Book Burning
Books written by Jewish
people are destroyed
Nuremberg Laws:
Nazis’ Racist and Anti-Semitic ideas and actions
The new laws state that:
Jewish people are not citizens
Jewish and non- Jewish people
cannot marry one another
Jewish people could now be
arrested for being Jewish
For hundreds of years Christian Europe had regarded the Jews as the
Christ -killers. At one time or another Jews had been driven out of
almost every European country. The way they were treated in
England in the thirteenth century is a typical example.
In 1275 they were made to wear a yellow badge.
In 1287 269 Jews were hanged in the Tower of
London.
This deep prejudice against Jews was still strong
in the twentieth century, especially in Germany,
Poland and Eastern Europe, where the Jewish
population was very large.
After the First World War Jews were
blamed for the defeat in the War.
Prejudice against the Jews grew
during the economic depression.
Many Germans were poor and
unemployed and wanted someone to
blame. They turned on the Jews,
many of whom were rich and
successful in business.
The Terror Continues…
Many are forced to go to labor camps,
concentration camps, or live in ghettos
Ghettos- fenced, worn down neighborhoods
Going into Hiding
For many, hiding was the only way they thought they were “safe”
Children were sent
away to live with other
families and pretend
they were not Jewish
The CAMPS
Jewish people were
separated as soon as they
reached the camp
Group one
sent for immediate death
Group two
a life or torment, starvation,
and forced harsh labor
Imagine being one of
these children…
starving, cold,
separated from your
family.
Between 1939 and 1945
six million
Jews were murdered,
along with hundreds of
thousands of others, such
as Gypsies, Jehovah’s
Witnesses, disabled and
the mentally ill.
Nazi Death
Camps
Percentage of Jews killed in each country
A MAP OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND DEATH CAMPS
USED BY THE NAZIS.
A group of children at a
concentration camp in Poland.
Part of a stockpile of Zyklon-B
poison gas pellets found at
Majdanek death camp.
Before poison gas was used , Jews
were gassed in mobile gas vans.
Carbon monoxide gas from the
engine’s exhaust was fed into the
sealed rear compartment. Victims
were dead by the time they reached
the burial site.
Nazis sift through a huge pile of clothes of victims of the massacre.
Two year old Mani Halef’s clothes are somewhere among these.
Bales of hair shaven
from women at
Auschwitz, used to
make felt-yarn.
After liberation, an
Allied soldier displays a
stash of gold wedding
rings taken from victims
at Buchenwald.
In 1943, when the number of murdered Jews exceeded 1 million. Nazis ordered the
bodies of those buried to be dug up and burned to destroy all traces.
Soviet POWs at forced labor in 1943 exhuming bodies in the ravine at Babi Yar, where the
Nazis had murdered over 33,000 Jews in September of 1941.
Impact of WWII
• The impact of World War II took a huge toll in
human lives. The economic impact was also
tremendous. The United States spent the
most money on the war, $341 billion, plus
money distributed to other countries.
Germany spent $272 billion, and Japan spent
$56 billion. The USSR lost 30% of its national
wealth.
Why Remember?
There are good reasons why the Holocaust should be
remembered. One is because nothing like the Holocaust
must ever happen again.
The killing and hate was unimaginable. It is difficult to
imagine that one man could be responsible for the
deaths of millions just because of their race or religion.
People say that history repeats itself. Let us hope that
nothing like this ever happens again.
This is only a portion of the events and the
terror felt during the Holocaust. As we
continue with our unit we will learn more
about the history of the Holocaust and
World War II.
Based on the information you have been
given, do a quick write on the feelings and
thoughts with regards to the Holocaust.