Download AAA Nazi Creed Holocaust

BELLWORK
1. What is genocide?
2. What racial, ethnic, or cultural groups
have been subjected to genocide in
the past or in the present?
THINKER:
1. What steps could a country take to
eliminate genocide?
2. Should the U.S. help other countries
that are experiencing genocide?
• “Once I really am in
power, my first and
foremost task will be
the annihilation of the
Jews. . . until all
Germany has
completely been
cleansed of Jews.”
– Adolf Hitler
Nazi Creed
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Nazism focused on the beliefs of Adolf Hitler.
These beliefs were outlined in his book, Mein Kampf
You will now read summaries of Hitler’s main points in this
autobiography.
Be ready to discuss the following questions:
How does Hitler view the “German Master Race?” What are
they allowed to do?
Why are Jews considered inferior?
What does Hitler think about Democracy?
How will Hitler use propaganda?
What tactics/emotions does Hitler use to control the
masses?
Anti-Semitism
• Aryans > Semites
• When Hitler became leader in 1933, he made anti-Semitism
(discrimination directed at Jews) the official policy of
Germany.
• This hatred led to the Holocaust: Nazi Germany’s mass
murder of European Jews.
• Included Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, disabled, mentally
challenged, communists, homeless, and dissenters.
• Enforced by the Gestapo: Nazi secret police
• Nuremburg Laws: 1935 series of anti-Semitic laws; defined
the targeted races
Kristallnacht
• “Night of the
Broken Glass”
• November 9,
1938: Nazi thugs
in Germany and
Austria destroyed
Jewish stores,
houses and
synagogues.
Warsaw ghetto
• Nazi plans for dealing with Jews included
establishment of ghettos: areas in which minority
groups are concentrated.
• Nazis took 30% of
Warsaw’s pop. and
sealed them off in
the
Warsaw ghetto.
• Ghettos were
surrounded with
walls
barbed wire.
Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps
1. Labor Camps
2. Transit and Collection Camps
3. POW Camps
4. Education Camps
5. Hostage Camps
6. Extermination/Death Camps
German Jewish Family before the war- only
two survived the Holocaust
A sign, in both German and Latvian, warning that people
attempting to cross the fence or to contact inhabitants of the Riga
ghetto will be shot. Riga, Latvia, 1941-1943.
Deportation of Jewish children from an
orphanage. Lodz ghetto, Poland.
Jews move into the Kovno ghetto.
Lithuania, 1941.
Child forced laborer in a ghetto factory.
Kovno, Lithuania, between 1941 and 1944
• A child eats in the
streets of the
Warsaw ghetto.
Warsaw, Poland.
Children eating in the ghetto streets.
Warsaw, Poland.
A Jewish victim of life in a
concentration camp
Mass grave of Holocaust victims
• Once the people
were killed, they
were cremated in
large furnaces like
this one
Auschwitz
Auschwitz
• 3 million died here by systematic starvation, forced
labor, lack of disease control, individual executions,
and "medical experiments".
• Camp was divided into three parts:
– Auschwitz I – administration
– Auschwitz II – extermination camp
– Auschwitz III – labor camp
• Soviet troops liberated the camp on January 27,
1945, which came to be known as Holocaust
Remembrance day.
Medical Experimentations
Allied Help
• Witold Pilecki: Polish army captain who agreed to spend 945
days in Auschwitz.
• He gathered evidence of genocide and sent it to Britain.
• Two prisoners, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, escaped and
gave a detailed report about the camp.
• Convinced Allied leaders about the truth of Auschwitz.
Birkenau Revolt
• On October 7, 1944, the Jewish
Sonderkommandos of Auschwitz II staged an
uprising.
• They attacked prison guards and blew up the
Crematorium IV.
• Joined by other
inmates who
overpowered guards
and
broke out of the
compound.
Liberation of Auschwitz
• In November 1945, generals ordered the
crematoriums to be destroyed before the Red
Army reached Auschwitz.
• Gas chambers were blown up to hide
evidence of German crimes.
• The Death March: there were 60,000
prisoners left in Auschwitz. Forced them to
walk to Loslau, another Polish concentration
camp.
• 15,000 died on the way, but eventually Soviet
forces infiltrated all camps.
Holocaust Comes to an End
• In 1944, FDR created War Refugee Board (WRB):
programs and funding to help rescue Jews
• Nazis began abandoning camps for fear of Allied
advances.
• In 1945, American armies reached the concentration
camps.
• Nuremburg Trials: Former Nazi leaders on trial for
crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and
war crimes.
• 24 Nazi defendants – 12 executed
Total Deaths: 9-11 Million
Holocaust Facts
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Jewish Population
Greek Origin
Maria Mandel
Amount of Z-klon B
Nazi Escape
Grave Discovery
Berlin Olympics
Chocolate
Where was America?
• Did Americans know the Holocaust was happening?
If so, why didn’t they do anything earlier? Why did
they wait so long to help?
• Similar stories during WWI
• Thought it was an exaggeration
• Major news sources downplayed its importance
– New York Times reported the victims as “refugees”
– Were timid about mixed Jewish – German readership
– Never highlighted its importance
CLOSURE
• What fact/term/concept/idea about the
Holocaust sticks out the most to you?
Explain!
• Many German citizens knew about the
Holocaust as it was happening but chose to
do nothing. Do you think this makes them
just as guilty?
– What could they have done to help?
– What might have happened if they decided to speak
out against the government?
Discussion Questions
• What is propaganda? Why is it
used?
• What characteristics make up
good/effective propaganda?
• What did people use propaganda
for during WWII?
“Mercilessly, we will humiliate and
destroy the enemy.”
“The Motherland is calling!”
“One people, one
Reich, One leader!”
Yankees, Englishmen, and Bolsheviks all
dance to the flute of the Jew.
WWII Propaganda Project
Next Week’s Break Down…
• Monday (3/14):
– Propaganda Project work time (only in-class time)
• Wednesday (3/16):
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Propaganda project due
1st hour: WWII Jeopardy Review
2nd hour: Video: “Boy in the Striped Pajamas”
Quarter 3 Grades due!
• Friday (3/18):
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Unit 6 Study Guide due
Unit 6 Exam
Finish Video: “Boy in the Striped Pajamas”
There will be a sub on this day!
• SPRING BREAK!!!