The Holocaust CH 20.3
The Nuremberg Laws Deprived German Jews of many established rights Took citizenship away from German Jews Banned marriage between Jews and other Germans Banned Jews from holding public office or voting
The Nuremberg Laws Within 1 year at least half of Germany’s Jews were jobless, having lost the right to work as civil servants, journalists, farmers and actors In 1938 Jews were also banned from practicing law, medicine, and operating businesses Despite this inhumane treatment many Jews decided to remain in Germany during the early years of Nazi Rule
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht November 9th 1938, known as ”Night of Broken Glass” Resulted from a Jewish Refugee killing a German Diplomat in Paris Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues 100 Jews were killed 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps The Nazi’s blamed the Jews for the destruction
Kristallnacht https://www.y outube.com/w atch?v=- y0uwd9QAYE
Jewish Refugees Trying to Flee After Kristallnacht and the increasing negative treatment of Jews by Nazi Germany, many Jews tried to flee the country Limits on Jewish Immigration Nazi law prohibited any Jew from leaving the country with more than $4, but US immigration law forbade granting Visas to anyone “likely to become a public charge” Few Americans want to raise immigration quotas Others didn't’t want to admit Jews at all
The Final Solution 1942 Nazi leaders met at the Wannsee Conference to coordinate the “final solution to the Jewish Question” Previous Solutions: Shooting Jews and pilling them into mass graves Forced Jews into trucks and then piped in exhaust fumes to kill them All were to slow and inefficient for the Nazis They developed the plan to round up Jews from all Nazi controlled territories and deport them to Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps The healthy Jews would work as slave laborers until they dropped dead of exhaustion, disease or malnutrition Most others, including the elderly, children, and sick, were sent straight to extermination camps They’d be executed in massive gas chambers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REhsVkNyUsE
Extermination Camps The Nazi’s built extermination facilities at Chelmno and Auschwitz in Poland Auschwitz: Housing 100,000 people (300 Prison Barracks) Gas Chambers that could kill 2,000 people at a time Could kill as many as 12,000 a day 1,300,000 Jews were killed at Auschwitz alone In only a few years the Jewish culture that had existed in Europe for over 1,000 years was virtually obliterated/destroyed by the Nazis
Video of Liberation http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the- holocaust/videos/concentration-camp-liberation