Bell ringer Why did Hitler turn to the systematic killing of Jews? Weren’t there other ways to get rid of them?

The Holocaust Chapter 16

The Holocaust Nazi’s propose new racial order Holocaust begins Aryans- master race of Germanic peoples All non-Aryans were inferior: especially Jewish Holocaust- mass slaughter of Jews and other groups Holocaust begins Jews became targets of German failures Nuremberg Laws (1935)- took away rights of Jews Citizenship, marriages

“night of broken glass” German diplomat shot in Paris By Herschel Grynszpan: for revenge of father being deported to Poland Germans launch attack on Jews This night will be known as kristallnacht or “night of broken glass” Flood of Refugees Jews will flee Germany Hitler called it a “Jewish problem” and favored emigration Other countries will turn down the influx of Jewish immigrants Isolating the Jews Hitler will move Jews into Ghettos- segregated Jewish areas Ghettos were then sealed off in hopes that the Jews would starve to death Some Jews will form resistance groups in ghettos Jews will struggle to keep traditions

The “Final Solution” Hitler grows impatient Killings begin Final Stage Tired of waiting on the Jews to die from disease and starvation Plan- “final solution” becomes plan for genocide- mass killing of entire people Plan for conquest depended on purity of Aryan race Killings begin Hitler’s army will hunt down Jews Shot prisoners in pits Jews not reached by killing squads went to concentration camps Final Stage Extermination camps built with gas chambers Auschwitz- largest of the camps The Survivors 6 million will die Less then 4 million will survive

Exit Slip What was life like in the Auschwitz camp?