1. The Holocaust and the UDHR
CHC2D8
Ms. Gluskin

2. Millions and millions of people murdered and persecuted by the Nazis across Europe
Day 1
The holocaust

3. Killing of Millions
Holocaust (noun) = the killing of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis during World War II
Thousands and thousands of shoes of Nazi victims
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, A Changed World: The Continuing Impact of the Holocaust, N.d., (May 5, 2014).

4. German Control in Europe
Animated map
The Path to Nazi Genocide (38 mins)

5. Concentration Camps
Concentration camps (noun) = prisons where people were forced to work for the Nazis
Prisoners who have just arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp, 1938
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia: Concentration Camps, N.d., (May 5, 2014).

6. Work = Forced Labour
Forced labour at Mauthasen concentration camp in 1938.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Concentration Camps, , N.d., (May 5, 2014).

7. Victims of the Nazis
Jews
Roma people (Gypsies)
Soviet prisoners of war
Handicapped (disabled) people
Jehovah’s Witnesses (Christians with different practices)
Polish people
Homosexuals

8. Gas Chamber
Gas chambers (noun) = places where Nazis killed people by putting them in a room where they breathed in poison gas
Inside of a gas chamber at Auschwitz, 1945.
United States Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia, N.d., (May 5, 2014).

9. Vocabulary
Holocaust (noun) = the killing of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis during World War II
Concentration camps (noun) = prisons where people were forced to work for the Nazis
Death camps (noun) = camps where people were killed by the Nazis
Gas chambers (noun) = places where Nazis killed people by putting them in a room where they breathed in poison gas

10. Activity
At each station, fill in the worksheet to learn about different aspects of the Holocaust:
1. Jewish Life in Europe Before the Holocaust
2. Ghettos
3. Einsatzgruppen
4. Concentration Camps and Death Camps
5. Other Victims

11. Jewish Life in Europe Before the War
Jews lived in 21countries in Europe and had lived there for a long time
Jews were just like other people: some lived in cities, some lived in the countryside; some were religious, some were not; some assimilated into the country they lived in, some didn’t; some were rich, some were poor, some were in-between
The Nazis hated all Jews

12. Ghettos Nazis forced Jews into ghettos because:
They wanted their land or their homes for Germans to take over
They wanted them to work (forced labour)
They didn’t care if they died from bad conditions
Ghettos were crowded so disease spread quickly and people died because there was not enough food.
The Warsaw Ghetto held 30% of the city’s population in about 2.4% of the land. It was crowded.

13. Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads)
When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union this is how they killed Jews there:
They found out who was Jewish, forced them to go outside the city, made them dig a pit, take their clothes off, go in the pit, and shot them.
Outside Kiev Jews were killed in 3 days.
Soldiers didn’t like this method of killing so the Nazis came up with the idea of gas chambers to kill Jews more efficiently.

14. Camps
Flowchart: the Nazis had a very organized method for selecting who would live to work and who would die in the gas chambers.
The children in the picture were selected to die. The Nazis wanted to kill the future of the Jewish people.
They cremated (burned) the bodies because they wanted it to be a secret.

15. Other Victims Roma were treated similarly to Jews:
( were killed out of an estimated total in German occupied Europe)
Sent to ghettos
Shot by Einsatzgruppen
Gassed in death camps

16. Discrimination Against…
Polish people (1.9 million killed)
Killed by Einsatzgruppen
Forced labour
Killed in gas chambers
Handicapped (disabled – physically and mentally) people ( – killed)
Not allowed to marry
Killed

17. Nazis Targeted People Who Were Different
Homosexuals (men who have sexual relations with other men)
Nazis didn’t like their lifestyle
Nazis didn’t like that they didn’t have children who could contribute to the German population
Jehovah’s Witnesses
They were Christian but in a different way from other Germans
They did not serve in the army

18. Overall… The Nazis wanted to CONTROL everyone under their rule:
Where they live
If they live
Who they marry
If they can have children
What religion they practice
What rights they have

19. Words to Express Feelings
How do you feel when you learn about the Holocaust:
I feel…
Sad
Depressed
Overwhelmed
Sorry for the victims
Confused
Worried
Curious
Unsure
It’s hard to believe
I don’t understand how this could happen
How could people be so cruel to other people ?
Mad
Angry
Frustrated
Unhappy

20. THE udhr (universal declaration of human rights)
Day 2
THE udhr (universal declaration of human rights)
Did the world have to change after WWII and the Holocaust?
Did we need to protect people’s rights?
How would we make these changes?

21. Universal
Universal (adjective) = for everyone

22. Declaration
Declaration (noun) = an official statement

23. Human Rights
Human rights (noun) = rights that every person has and that cannot be taken away

24. How the Nazis Saw the World… And How the UDHR Sees the World
Nazi View
UDHR View
Control people
Protect people
Take away their rights
Rights cannot be taken away
Diversity is bad (Germans are superior)
Diversity is good (everyone is different but equal)
Limit freedom
Give freedom

25. UDHR “No one can take your rights away.”
Amnesty International Australia, UDHR Poster, N.d., (May 2, 2014).

26. Cause and Consequence
Holocaust and WWII
UDHR

27. Vocabulary 164-165 Universal (adjective) = for everyone
Declaration (noun) = an official statement
Human rights (noun) = rights that everyone person has and that cannot be taken away

28. Activity Fill in TLS Worksheet 3.1.12 (UDHR). Read each article.
On the right side, write something that happened during the Holocaust to show that that right did not exist for Jews or others during the Holocaust.
At the end, fill in the conclusion at the bottom of the sheet.