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Chapter 16 Section 3
The Holocaust
Objectives:
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Explain the reasons behind the Nazis'
persecution of the Jews and the
problems facing Jewish refugees.
Describe the Nazis' "final solution" to
the Jewish problem and the horrors of
the Holocaust
The textbook ties with the
movie
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1942 Gerda Weissmann 3M Jews in
Poland sent to German labor camp
Separated from her family because of
age
Married Kurt Klein from the movie
Persecution Begins
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1933 Hitler ordered all non-Aryans removed
from government jobs
Holocaust: the systematic murder of 11
million people across Europe
Anti-Semitism: hatred of Jews. Jews blamed
for Germany’s economic problems
1935 Nuremberg Laws: Jews lose German
citizenship, jobs & property
Persecution Begins
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Kristallnacht: Night of Broken Glass or
campaign against the Jews turns violent
Jews flee Europe but no other country
wants or will accept them
U.S. brought in 100k of whom were
Albert Einstein
St. Louis in 1939 turned away with 943
passengers
Hitler’s Final Solution
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Final Solution or Genocide: deliberate &
systematic killing of an entire population
Other targets: communists, socialists, liberals,
Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah Witnesses,
homosexuals, mentally deficient, mentally ill,
physically disabled, incurably ill
Ghettos: forced relocation in Poland cities
Ghetto Resistance
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Some formed resistance movements,
while others published underground
newspapers
secret schools to continue educating
Jewish children, and
kept alive various cultural activities,
such as theaterand music.
Hitler’s Final Solution
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Concentration Camps originally set up
for political enemies. Cycle of hunger,
humiliation, work, and ends in death
The Final Stage
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1942 camps murder using poison gas
6 death camps in Poland
Cheerful music played and soap
distributed
Huge crematoriums
Medical experiments