Genocides and The Holocaust

Do Now – Friday Write down everything you know about the Holocaust and Japanese-American Internment in the two boxes. Take out your Japanese-American Internment reading if it is had not been handed in yet.

Instructions – Holocaust Photo Analysis Goal: Who is responsible for the Holocaust? 1. After you have been given your group of 3 (random), you will be given a photo that represents an event from the Holocaust. 2. Look carefully at the photo and answer Section 1 of the Picture Analysis Worksheet (5 minutes).

Genocide – FILL OUT THIS FOR DO NOW! Definition - the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Synonyms – mass murder or massacre.

Are genocides common? People /YearNumber of VictimsReason Native Americans – 1500s to 1900s Armenians in the Ottoman Empire Tens of Millions (some say up to 100,000,000) 1 million Land, Power, Greed Religious – Christian v. Muslim The Holocaust – 1930s and 1940s 7-11 millionNazis framed Jews as reasons behind the problems of Germany. Bosnia – 1990s100,000Ethnic Rwanda – 1990s Sudan – 2003-Current 1,000,000 in 100 days 300,000 Ethnic Government v. People

The Holocaust – Why the Jews? Hitler blamed the Jews for all the problems Germany had faced in World War I and the Great Depression. Hitler was convinced the only way to improve or purify Germany was to “eliminate” the Jews and any other group of undesirables. Poles Slavs (Russians) Gypsies Mentally ill Political dissidents

Anti-Semitism and Aryan Supremacy The ideas of Anti-Semitism and Aryan Supremacy played a major role in the entire Holocaust: Anti-Semitism - The prejudice, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group.discriminationJews religious Aryan Supremacy - the idea that the Nazi race was supreme to all others.

Anti-Semitic Poster #1

How were the Jews discriminated against? Boycotting Jewish Businesses – In 1933, many Jewish businesses were forced to close and Germans were ordered not to shop there.

Jewish Discrimination (continued) In the late 1930s, Jews were forced to leave their homes and required to move to ghettos, or areas that are settled by a large majority of one ethnic or racial group.

Jewish ghettos in Europe –

“The Final Solution” – The “Final Solution to the Jewish Problem” was Hitler’s decision to transport the Jews from the ghettos around Europe to Concentration and Death Camps where they would be killed by the millions. Gas Chambers Mass Shootings Starvation Overwork Death Marches

Map of Concentration and Death Camps in Europe

The Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials – Nazi criminals were brought to trial and charged with crimes against humanity. Many were found guilty and either hanged, shot, or spent the rest of their lives in prison. “Following orders from a superior during war does not free you from individual responsibility of your actions.”