1. The Holocaust

2. Objectives Students will be able to identify the origins of European anti-Semitism, and how Nazi Germany carried out the murder of 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews during the Holocaust.

3. Anti-Semitism vs. Anti-Judaism Anti-Judaism – Prejudice against or hatred of the practice of Judaism. Anti-Semitism – Prejudice against or hatred of Jews as a race.

4. The History of Anti-Judaism/Anti-Semitism in Europe http://www.ushmm.org/conf ront-antisemitism/european- antisemitism-from-its- origins-to-the-holocaust http://www.ushmm.org/conf ront-antisemitism/european- antisemitism-from-its- origins-to-the-holocaust From the Middle-Ages  Jews responsible for the death of Jesus  Responsible for the Black Death  Blood Libel  Usury In Modern Europe  Insular communities  Stateless people  Scapegoats for economic decline after WWI

5. The Nazi’s and the Jews Central to Hitler’s view of the world was anti- Semitism. This became a cornerstone of Nazi ideology. Nazism was based on a quest for racial purity and an establishment of a hierarchy of races. This vision would be carried out through genocide.

6. The Institutionalization of Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany The Nuremberg Laws.  A set of legal restrictions on Jews.  Read article and analyze the Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935 and Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, September 15, 1935 on the primary source analysis sheet. Other aspects of Nuremburg Laws  Made the swastika the official symbol of the Reich  Deprived Jews of citizenship  Jews were forced to wear a yellow Star of David  Forbade marriage or sex between Jews and non-Jews.  Signs prohibiting Jews from restaurants, movie houses and parks.  Jews had to turn over their valuables to Gentiles  Jews were prohibited from a list of professions and occupations.

7. Complicity: Some Were Neighbors