2. The Holocaust

3. Non Aryan people / mostly Jews
1. Who?
Who are the victims of the Holocaust?
Non Aryan people / mostly Jews
Who were the members of the “master race”?
Aryans (a non-Jewish Caucasian, esp. of Nordic stock.)

4. German Laws depriving Jews of their rights
2. What?
What are the Nuremburg laws?
German Laws depriving Jews of their rights
What happened on the night of Nov. 9, 1938?
Kristallnacht
What was Hitler’s “final solution”?
Planned killing of entire groups of non-Aryans

5. 3. Where? France, Britain, & U.S.
Where did German Jews try to migrate to find safety from Nazi terror?
France, Britain, & U.S.
Where were Jews forced to live in German-controlled cities?
Ghettos – segregated Jewish districts
Where were the concentration camps?
Germany & Poland

6. 4. Why? To eliminate large numbers of people
Why did Hitler believe that Jews & other “subhumans” had to be exterminated?
To protect Aryan “purity”
Why did the Germans build extermination camps?
To eliminate large numbers of people
Used gas (zyklon B), shootings, beatings, experiments, etc.

7. 5. When?
When did the final stage of the “final solution” take place?
Early 1942

8. By hiding them or helping them to escape
6. How?
How did non-Jewish people try to save Jews from the horrors of Nazism?
By hiding them or helping them to escape
How many Jews died in the Holocaust?
Approx: 6,000,000