1. The Holocaust

2. Prelude to Genocide What do you already know about the Holocaust?
What caused it?

3. Before Hitler… There was Anti-Semitism even before Hitler
Anti-Semitism: a fear and hatred of the Jewish people
Centuries old

4. Aftermath of World War I
Germany was:
Beaten
Broke
In a depression
Yet they were winning the war…
How did they lose?

6. The Man Who Knew The ‘Truth’
Adolf Hitler, a charismatic veteran of World War I
Knew the Jews were responsible for the betrayal
Told people about the Jewish plot to rule the world in his work ‘Mein Kampf’

7. The Jews… The Jews did it.
They put a knife in the back of Germany and cost them the war.
Everything that happened afterwards is their fault.

8. ‘Mein Kampf’ – ‘My Struggle’
Excerpt from ‘Mein Kampf’
“… the personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew.”
Foreshadowing – Hitler hinted about his plans since when?

9. Did People Read Mein Kampf?
Year
On Hand
Editions
Printed
Sold
Gross Royalties
Commission
Tax
Net Royalties
1933
1–8
19,400
18,125
1934
1,275
9–10
3,500
4,695
£7.1.2
£15.4.4
£58.5.6/ RM 715
1935 79
11–12
2,989 £
£14
£7.3
£ /RM653
1936
590
13–16
7,000
3,633 £ £ £
£ / RM1,941
1937
2,055
17–18
8,648
£173.4
£35.6
£23.3
£114.4 /RM1424
1938*
16,442
19–22
25,500
53,738
£1,037.23
£208
£193.91
£ /RM 7410

10. The Nazis Come to Power
January 30, 1933 – Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Begins setting laws that will alter the fate of the Jewish people forever.

11. Before The Jews…
Initial targets of Nazi extermination were the mentally-ill, the elderly, those with disabilities.
Those who were considered ‘impure’.
Nazi troops went to hospitals and institutions killing all patients inside.

12. If the Nazis Still Reigned…
Would we be discussing universal health care for the sick and elderly?

13. Early Jewish Discrimination
Nuremberg Laws: 1935, banned marriage between Jews and non-Jews, segregated Jews at every level of society
Jewish shops and businesses were labeled and boycotted

14. Kristallnacht – ‘Night of the Broken Glass’
November 9, 1938 – the most serious open riot/attack against Jews in Germany
Jewish refugee had killed a German diplomat in Paris, Nazi regime ordered open attacks as revenge
1,500 synagogues and 7,500 Jewish-owned businesses destroyed
Over 200 Jews dead, thousands arrested

15. Jewish Refugees Attempt to Flee
Jewish refugees could not find salvation elsewhere
1939 – The St. Louis, a passenger liner carrying 1,128 Jews travels the world looking to free its passengers
Every country refuses to take them, including the United States

16. Why do you think the United States would not take them…?

17. It Wasn’t Just the Jews…