THE HOLOCAUST The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime.

THE HOLOCAUST

The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored

persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the

Nazi regime and its collaborators.

"Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire."

KEY: Blue = test Dark Pink = EOC

HITLER AND HIS VIEWS

H

itler growing up was an adolescent child. He was

rejected from art school and developed basic ideas in

Vienna that he held onto forever:• Racism• Need for struggle• Political parties use propaganda for terrorHitler’s Art School

Class at age 10.

HITLER AND HIS VIEWS CONT.

H

e left and went to Germany to get into politics.

H

e joined the right wing extreme nationalist party

in Munich. • This party would eventually be under his

control and be renamed National Socialist German Worker’s Party or “Nazi” for short.

RAQ #1

Why did Hitler immediately feel he need to get into

politics in Germany after being kicked out of

school and developing his three views?

RISE OF NAZISMH

itler expanded his party to all of Germany in 4 years which became the largest

party in Reichstag (German parliament)

H

e gained popularity by promising a “new” Germany and ending economic

depression.

H

e soon took power from the president and created a new government under the

Enabling Act.

ENABLING ACT

O

n March 23, 1933 two thirds vote of the Reichstag passed the Enabling

Act which gave Hitler and the government the power to ignore the

constitution for 4 years while dealing with the country’s issues.

H

itler used this to his advantage and set up a fascist state that had

concentration camps for all those who opposed the new regime and

made sure all heard him through controlling the media.

I

n 1934, Hitler became sole leader or Germany’s “Fuhrer”

RAQ #2 AND #3

W

hy would the German government pass the Enabling

Act that would let Hitler ignore their constitution

for 4 years?

W

hy did they feel like Hitler needed free reign to rule

as he pleased to “fix” German problems?

HITLER’S CONTROL H

itler got rid of books and people who questioned ruling

(ex: teachers) and wrote his own book Mein Kampf*

H

e started to control the media and all propaganda• “Jews are rude, Jews don’t share, Jews have all the money”• “Jews are evil, Jews brought Germany’s problems, when

Jews are gone things will be better.”• “Jews are using up to much resources, Jews are rodents

living off the hard working people”

German Aryan RaceH

itler loved the Aryan race. He believed the

blonde hair blue eyed children where the

perfect race. He wanted to mass produce this

perfect race.

THREE STEPS TO FINAL SOLUTION

1

. Segregated the Jews from Germans in public (Lebensraum)*

2

. Sent Jews to Ghettos

3

. Concentration camps turned to torturing and killing camps

F

inal solution = termination of ALL Jews, the disabled, gays, Jehovah’s

witnesses, gypsies = Genocide

Jewish ghetto Jewish camp

VS.

RAQ #4

W

hy was Hitler’s harsh guidelines okay with the German

people?

P

ropaganda was persuasive, Media was controlled so they

didn’t know anything different, Economy was improving,

Jews weren’t liked anyway, Camps = out of sight, out of

mind, Jews were believed to be less than human.

CONCENTRATION CAMPSM

ost camps were located in Germany and Poland. The intention was the wipe out the entire race.

W

arsaw Ghetto- largest Jewish center 350,000 Jews in less than 2 square miles

A

uschwitz = largest Nazi death camp with a black wall (execution center) and block 11 (severe torture center).

B

y 1942, 80% of the 6 million Jewish people had already died.

Types of CampsC

oncentration camps vs. Termination (death) camps –

(both were unbearable conditions and ended in death

for thousands.)• Concentration camps= work camps, torture

camps, transit camps (deportation), POW camps (prisoner of war)

• Termination camps= mass murder of all Jews often through burning or gas chambers.

Work Camp

POW Camp Death Camp

Gas ChamberBurning bodies

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ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=lQ9G16kYXuU • Youtube: “Band Of Brothers

Concentration Camp Clip”

WHY DIDN’T OTHER COUNTRIES HELP?

1

943: Bermuda Conference- State Department had a

conference about what should be done about the

Jewish concern in Europe… Solution was that we (the

US and UK) would win the war so nothing happened.

T

hey didn’t know how bad it really was, all they knew

were rumors.

RAQ #5 AND #6

W

hat would be a consequence if another country

tried to end the concentration camps?

W

hy didn’t the Allies, who were already against

Germany, try and stop the torture of the Jews?

End of the HorrorI

n the last few months, SS guards moved camp inmates by train or on

forced marches, often called “death marches,” in an attempt to

prevent the Allied liberation of large numbers of prisoners.

T

he Allied forces began to encounter and liberate concentration camp

prisoners, as well as prisoners en route by forced march from one

camp to another. The marches continued until May 7, 1945, the day

the German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.