1. Chapter 16 Section 3
The Holocaust

2. Objectives:
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

3. The textbook ties with the movie
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

4. Persecution Begins
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

5. Persecution Begins
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

6. Hitler’s Final Solution
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

7. Ghetto Resistance 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.

8. Hitler’s Final Solution
Concentration Camps originally set up for political enemies. Cycle of hunger, humiliation, work, and ends in death

9. The Final Stage 1942 camps murder using poison gas
6 death camps in Poland
Cheerful music played and soap distributed
Huge crematoriums
Medical experiments