The Holocaust

As Hitler takes Power  In 1933 nine million Jews lived in the 21 countries of Europe that would be military occupied by Germany during the war.  The Nazis set up the first concentration camp at Dachau. The first inmates are 200 Communists.

Dislike for the Jews  Hitler comes to power in 1933  Has great dislike for Jews  Blames Jews for WWI loss  Blames Jews for all hardships encountered by Germans  Jewish newspapers can no longer be sold in the streets.  Jews are deprived of their citizenship and other basic rights.

1936  Nazis boycott Jewish-owned business.  The Olympic Games are held in Germany; signs barring Jews are removed until the event is over.  Jews no longer have the right to vote.

1938  German troops annexed Austria.  Jews must carry id cards and Jewish passports are marked with a "J."  Jews no longer head businesses, attend plays, concerts, etc.;  all Jewish children are moved to Jewish schools.  Jewish businesses are shut down; they must sell businesses and hand over securities and jewels.  Jews must hand over drivers' licenses and car registrations.  Jews must be in certain places at certain times.

Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass"  On the night of November 9, 1938, violence against Jews broke out across the Reich.  In two days,  over 1,000 synagogues were burned,  7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed, and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes were looted while police and fire brigades stood by.  30,000 German Jewish men were arrested for the "crime" of being Jewish and sent to concentration camps

1939  World War II begins as Britain and France declare war on Germany.  Hitler orders that Jews must follow curfews; Jews must turn in radios to the police; Jews must wear yellow stars of David.

1940  Nazis begin deporting German Jews to Poland.  Jews are forced into ghettos.  Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews in Poland.  Jews are put into concentration camps.

Major Concentration Camps

Types of Camps  There were different kinds of camps-  Ghettos,  Concentration camps,  forced labor camps,  extermination camps  Begin Genocide  is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.

1942 Jews are forbidden to: subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc; keep electrical equipment including typewriters; own bicycles; buy meat, eggs, or mild; use public transportation; attend school.

Final Solution  “The Final Solution” The Nazi’s plan to exterminate the Jewish people during WWII  Germans used Jewish people to perform medical experiments during the Holocaust

1943  Jews “living” in concentration camps  February: About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been murdered. Victims Killed Jews Soviet POWs Ethnic Poles RomaniDisabledFreemasonsHomosexuals Jehovah's Witnesses

Death Camps

Selection Process  Right or Left  LIFE!  Not selected to live 

Results  The Holocaust was the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazis during World War 2  By 1945 two out of every three European Jews had been killed. 1.5 million children were murdered.  It is ESTIMATED that 6 million Jews were killed, total that died represented 1/3 of all Jewish people alive at that time

German Reaction  Many Germans knew about Concentration Camps  MOST Germans had no idea of the cruelty and horror that took place

Death Toll Victims Killed Jews 5.9 million Soviet POWs 2–3 million Ethnic Poles 1.8–2 million Romani 220,000–1,500,000 Disabled 200,000–250,000 Freemasons 80,000–200,000 Homosexuals 5,000–15,000 Jehovah's Witnesses 2,500–5,000

Nuremburg Trials  Prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II.  The indictments were for:  Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of crime against peace  Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace  War crimes  Crimes against humanity

Creation of Israel  The United Nations establishes a Jewish homeland in British- controlled Palestine, which becomes the State of Israel in  Based on historical and biblical home of the Jews