1. The Holocaust

2. Setting the Stage
Nazis proclaimed that the Aryans or Germanic people were a master race
Lead to the Holocaust – the mass slaughter of civilians, especially the Jews

3. The Holocaust Begins Hitler tapped into a hatred for Jews
Blamed Jews for
Defeat in WW1
Economic problems
Nuremberg Laws pass in 1935
Jews lost citizenship, jobs, and property
Forced to wear a yellow star on their clothes

5. JTPS (Justify Think Pair Share)
Nuremberg Laws
Where does the Nuremberg Laws fall in the pyramid of Hate?
Discuss this with your partner and JUSTIFY your answer. (I believe that the Nuremberg Laws falls under level… because…)
Write your answer in your exit slip!

6. Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass” Nov. 7, 1938 Nov. 9
Employee of German embassy was shot by a Jew
Nov. 9
Nazi soldiers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues all over Germany
shattered glass littered the streets

8. JTPS (Justify Think Pair Share)
Kristallnacht
Where does Kristallnacht fall under the pyramid of hate?
Discuss this with your partner and JUSTIFY your answer. (I believe that the Kristallnacht falls under level… because…)
Write your answer in your exit slip!

9. Isolating the Jews
Many Jews realize that violence against them was bound to increase – Many fled
Those that didn’t were herded into overcrowded ghettos
Ghettos- Segregated Jewish areas

11. Hitler’s Final Solution
Grew impatient waiting for Jews to die
Final Solution – Hitler’s plan to take more direct action and was actually a program of genocide
Sent his SS troops to round up Jews and sent them to death camps
These camps were equipped with gas chambers that was capable of killing 6,000 humans a day

12. Genocide The systematic killing of an entire people
6 million Jews died
5 million other “non-Aryans” killed

13. Jews killed under Nazi rule
Country
Original Jewish Population
Jews Killed
Poland
3,300,000
3,000,000
Soviet Union
2,850,000
1,252,000
Hungary
650,000
450,000
Romania
600,000
300,000
Germany
240,000
200,000

14. Quick-write
Do you think the Holocaust has had a significant impact in today’s world? Why or why not? Explain.