1. 13.3: The Holocaust
The systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half of whom were Jews

3. A. German Forces German army
Schutzstaffel: started as Hitler’s bodyguards.
Lead by Henrich Himmler
Gestapo: the Secret State police
German army

4. Gestapo controlled concentration camps; <half of those who died here are shown

5. B. Why the Jews? Easy target
Nuremberg Laws implemented in 1935, which stripped Jews of their _____ rights and property if they tried to leave Germany
Kristallnacht: crystal night (1938)
a. German ambassador to France killed by a German Jew
b. Nazi troops destroyed Jewish __ & ___
c >200 killed in one night

8. C. Where can the Jews go? (1933)
Refugee problem…
Quotas on immigrants
National Origins Act of 1929; limited immigration to 150,000 in U.S.
U.S., depression, refugees…
How are these connected?

9. D. The Final Solution: Genocide
The condemned: Jews and any other seen as _______, i.e
a. Political opponents – communists, socialist
b. Religious groups
c. Homosexuals
d. Disabled; mentally, physically
2. Method
Shot in cold blood
starved ghettos
sent to labor/concentration camps
Used for medical experiments

10. Holocaust Victims

11. E. Concentration Camps 1. Camps in Poland Medical experiments
“showers”; 6,000 a day
Discarding of bodies problematic =
Crematoriums

13. To the right, slave labor To the left, gas chamber

23. F. Death Marches