1. Intro to the Holocaust

2. Holocaust Systematic, state- sponsored persecution and murder of about 6 million Jews by the Nazis

3. Also targeted gypsies, the handicapped, Poles, homosexuals, Jehovah ’ s Witnesses, and Soviet prisoners of war

4. Where did antisemitism come from? Jews were isolated in a Christian society Many Christians didn’t like Jews’ denial of Jesus’ divinity Christians were taught Jews were responsible for Jesus’ death

5. Christian church didn’t allow lending $ at interest so Jews became $ lenders Jews became scapegoats in desperate times (Black Plague)

8. How did they know who was Jewish? Germany: registered through a census Other countries Census Synagogue membership list Neighbors NOT PHYSICALITY

17. Nuremberg Laws SEPTEMBER 15, 1935: Made Jews second class citizens Prohibited marriage between Jews and Germans

32. Final Solution Year: 1942 Nazi ’ s plan to annihilate the Jewish people