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The Holocaust During WWII

The Holocaust During WWII. World History. A “Master Race”. Nazis claimed that Non-Germanic people were inferior They specifically targeted Jews who were blamed for the failures of the German people. Nuremberg Laws (1935)

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The Holocaust During WWII

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  1. The Holocaust During WWII World History

  2. A “Master Race” • Nazis claimed that Non-Germanic people were inferior • They specifically targeted Jews who were blamed for the failures of the German people. • Nuremberg Laws (1935) • Deprived Jews of their right to German Citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and Non-Jews.

  3. Kristallnacht • November 9, 1938 – Nazi Storm Troopers attacked Jewish Homes, Businesses, and Synagogues across Germany. • Aftermath – Some Jews realized that violence against them would increase so they fled to other countries • Others stayed in Germany

  4. Isolation • Ghettos – Hitler realized he could not get rid of the Jews by encouraging immigration • He created a plan to have all Jews living in Germany to move to designated cities. • Ghettos were sealed with barbed wire and stone walls

  5. The “Final Solution” • Hitler was becoming impatient waiting for Jews to starve or contract diseases in the ghettos. • Genocide – The Systematic Killing of an entire people • The SS (Hitler’s Elite Security Force) moved from town to town to hunt down Jews. • Jews in communities not reached by the SS were taken to concentration camps.

  6. Concentration Camps Slave-labor camps/prisons Prisoners worked 7 days a week within the camps Guards severely beat or killed prisoners for not working fast enough Prisoners were fed only thin soup, a scrap of bread, and potato peelings

  7. The Final Stage • Extermination Camps • Equipped with large gas chambers that could kill as many as 6,000 human beings in one day. • Auschwitz – One of the most famous extermination camps • Prisoners would be presented before a committee of SS Doctors • Doctors separated the strong from the weak and the weak would die in the gas chamber

  8. Survivors • Less than 4 million Jews survived • Some survived the concentration/extermination camps • Some survived with the help of Non-Jewish people • Around 6 million were killed

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