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World War II 1939 – 1945 The Holocaust US II SOL 7 Rector

World War II 1939 – 1945 The Holocaust US II SOL 7 Rector. The Holocaust. What was the Holocaust?. As the Allies fought toward Berlin, they discovered a shocking and horrible sight. Scattered throughout German-occupied Europe were camps where Jews and other groups had been murdered .

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World War II 1939 – 1945 The Holocaust US II SOL 7 Rector

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  1. World War II 1939 – 1945 The HolocaustUS II SOL 7 Rector

  2. The Holocaust

  3. What was the Holocaust? • As the Allies fought toward Berlin, they discovered a shocking and horrible sight. • Scattered throughout German-occupied Europe were camps where Jews and other groups had been murdered. • It became known as the Holocaust.

  4. What was the Holocaust? • The Holocaust is where the Nazis killed about 6 million Jewish people and over 5million other groups of people like Russians, Polish, and Gypsies. • Over 11 million people were killed in all

  5. The roots of the Holocaust • Adolf Hitler’s intense racism (strong dislike and prejudice) of the Jewish people. • He blamed them for manyproblems Germany was facing • He said that Jews were inferior (lower) people. • At first Hitler was only discriminating against the Jews, but after the war began he set out to murder every Jew under German rule.

  6. What caused the Holocaust? • Anti-Semitism – Hitler opposed to or discriminating against Jews • Aryan Supremacy – Hitler’s belief in an Aryan master race • Attempt to rid Europe of all Jews – tactics were used to discriminate against the Jewish people

  7. Anti-Semitism • This was the core of Hitler’s belief – he discriminated against Jews • The Jewish people were blamed for many of Germany’s problems. • Before the war began – Hitler boycotting their stores, taking their property, and discriminating against them

  8. Aryan Supremacy • Hitler had a vision of an Aryan “Master Race” • The Aryans were a gentile (non-Jewish) people of Northern European ancestry • Hitler would rule Europe by enslaving or eliminating Slavs, Jews, Gypsies, and other “subhuman” (lesser) peoples.

  9. The Systematic (Organized) attempt to rid Europe of all Jews • Once Hitler had conqueredmuch of Europe he took the discrimination to another level • Hitler’s “Final Solution” – called for Jews and others to be killed • Men, women, and children were moved to death camps (concentration camps) where they were killed.

  10. Tactics Against Jewish People • Boycott • Threats • Segregation • Imprisonment • Concentration Camp • Example – Auschwitz • Over 6 million Jews were executed in these camps

  11. Liberation of the Concentration Camp • In 1945 Allied troops discovered and liberated (freed) the camps • Nazi leaders were brought to trial • Called The Nuremberg trials • Many Nazi leaders were sentenced to death and others received prison time

  12. Liberation of camps

  13. Summary Causes • Anti-Semitism • Aryan Supremacy • Attempt to rid Europe of all Jews Concentration Camps • Death camps where Jewish, Poles, Russians, Gypsies were sent to their death • Millions were killed • Allied forces liberated the camps as the war was ending

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