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What was the German
Holocaust?
• The holocaust was the execution of over six
million Jewish people during World War II.
• Others such as Jehovah Witnesses and
Mentally Disabled were also targeted.
• An estimate of 17 million people were
killed.
• Lasted from 1933 until 1945.
Jews
6.8 million
Soviet POWs
2–3 million
Ethnic Poles
1.8-2 million
Roma
220,000–500,000
Disabled
200,000–250,000
Freemasons
80,000–200,000
Homosexuals
5,000–15,000
Jehovah's
Witnesses
2,500–5,000
• A group called the National Socialist
German Workers’ Party or better known as
the NAZI party.
• It was led by Adolf Hitler who was the
chancellor of Germany.
Adolf Hitler
Relocation
The first step in the demise of the Jews was a
process called relocation. First Jews were
moved to small ghettoes.
• When they were moved they were moved
by train or wagons.
• The trains and wagons were so full that
some were killed while being moved.
• Map of camps
Life in the Ghettoes
• In the ghettoes the Jewish people were
required to work for the Nazi regime.
• The ghettoes were crowded and diseases
were rampant.
• There was a nightly curfew.
Ghettoes were so crowded many
children were overlooked.
Concentration Camps
• The next phase in the hostile take over was
moving the Jews to Concentration Camps
throughout Germany.
The camps were guarded by
guard towers
•
Life in the Concentration Camps
• At the camps the Jews were separated by
gender.
• They were stripped of all possessions
including jewelry.
• Their hair was buzzed short to prevent the
spread of lice.
• They were assigned bunkers.
Jews Coming into Camp
Concentration Camps continued
They had a number
tattooed on them. Their
names were not used.
They were forced to work
everyday.
The sick were shot or
gassed.
They were fed rarely.
Meals consisted of soups
made of various objects
including dead animals.
Work included plowing fields or
vital work in the camp.
Aerial View of Camps
German soldiers were very cruel.
Jews were shot if……
They got near the fences. They caught a disease.
They fought back.
They stepped out of line.
Each day so many died…….
Most were executed for no
reason…..
Many died of starvation…….
Some faced another type of
torture….medical
experimentation………..
Most were told they would get a
shower and were gassed.
After they passed away their
bodies were burnt in furnaces.
Why didn’t anyone help??????
Many supported Hitler
The rest of the world…..
Did not know…..
Most of the world was in war.
• World War II began when Germany invaded
Poland on September 1, 1939.
• It was a war fought from 1939 to 1945, in
which Great Britain, France, the Soviet
Union, the United States, China, and other
allies defeated Germany, Italy, and Japan.
When the U.S heard….
They took charge.
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Surviving Prisoners cheered the
U.S troops as they rescued
them…
Directory of Major Concentration
Camps
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/major_camps.html
Hitler committed suicide
shortly after…..
The camps were made into
monuments to never forget those
who passed away……..