1. THE HOLOCAUST: A STUDY OF INJUSTICE
Michelle Chisholm
Global History 12

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS Nazis & Adolf Hitler Racism and the Holocaust
Auschwitz concentration camp
Famous SS-man quote
The ‘Final Solution’
The Aftermath of the Holocaust
Conclusion

3. Adolf Hitler Came to power in Germany in 1933
Once in power began the first phase where Jews were persecuted (until 1941)
In this phase, Jews not systematically killed

4. RACISM AND THE HOLOCAUST
Racism was an important part of the Nazi party belief.
They passed the Nuremberg Laws which codified a biological definition of ‘Jewishness’.
Nazi physicians conducted medical experiments seeking to identify physical evidence of Aryan superiority. They did not find evidence to support their theory.
Here ask students if they can think of some other examples, perhaps more recent, of genocide, where a group of peoples was to be exterminated. Examples--Somalia

5. Racist Propaganda An antisemitic illustration from a Nazi film strip
It translates “As an alien race Jews had no civil rights in the middle ages. They had to reside in a restricted section of town, in a ghetto”
Here talk about how racism and justice are interconnected, mention examples from the textbook "Viewpoints".

6. RACISM: GROUPS TARGETED IN THE HOLOCAUST
Jews
Gypsies
Slavic (Poles, Russians)
Communists
Physically disabled
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Trade Unionists
Catholics
Homosexuals
Explain why each one of these groups was systematically to be exterminated by the Nazis.
Talk about "Aryan Race" and how people not considered to be of the "superior race" were to be eliminated.
Disabled people were blemishes on a perfect society

7. Top: Jewish Population 1933 Left: Jews bording trains
for concentration
camps
The map of Europe is not very clear and should be explained to the students. It is Jewish population in Europe around 1933.

8. RACISM
The mentally and physically ill were viewed as blemishes on the “master race” and a danger to the Aryan race.
They began murdering disabled residents of institutions.
They began “ethnic housecleaning” in Poland and the Soviet Union (Jews and Slavic peoples).
They disliked political movements (Marxism, Communism, Socialism) and referred to them as anti-nationalist.

9. Auschwitz: Extermination camp
The largest extermination camp
Located in Poland
Jews murdered in specially developed killing facilities
Labor camp and extermination camp
1,300,000 died here; 1,000,000 in gas chambers

10. When all the Jews were inside the door was bolted… The exhaust fumes now poured into the inside of the truck so that the people inside were suffocated… SS-man Theodor Malzmuller,1965
This is a famous quote from a SS soldier speaking about how the Jews were killed.

11. “The Final Solution”
The “Final Solution” called for the murder of the Jews of Europe by:
Gassing
Shooting
This is a photo of human remains found in the Dachau concentration camp crematorium

12. THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST
Up to 6 million Jews lost their lives
This is two-thirds of the Jews living in Europe in 1939
Survivors were also found suffering from starvation and disease
Here talk about the impact of the holocaust, how things were to be changed, the advent of the United Nations, Human Rights.
Talk about the famous case of Eichmann. Refer to Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem: The banality of evil.

13. This is a photograph of Jewish refugees, protesting for their freedom and a place to establish themselves, Palestine in Israel.

14. Jewish Refugees Jewish refugees call for open immigration
They refuse to return to Europe because of persisting antisemitism
They fought for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine
Immigration to other parts of the world (US, England) was restricted
Relate this back to a discussion on the concept of justice and the problems the Jewish people have had in establishing a homeland, Palestine, in the state of Israel.

15. War Crimes Trials Assembled nations take action against racism
Nazi leaders placed on trial at Nuremberg
They were accused of crimes against humanity
The UN ratified a Universal Declaration of Human Rights

16. In Conclusion What have we learned from the holocaust?
How are the concepts of racism and justice interconnected?
How can we apply what we learned here to other cases of genocide?
Link the conclusion back to other topics to be covered under the topic of "justice". Briefly mention the Aboriginal peoples, the conflict in Israel, somalia, etc...