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The Holocaust

The Holocaust. Prelude to Genocide. What do you already know about the Holocaust? What caused it?. Before Hitler…. There was Anti-Semitism even before Hitler Anti-Semitism: a fear and hatred of the Jewish people Centuries old. Aftermath of World War I. Germany was: Beaten Broke

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The Holocaust

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  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?

  5. 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’

  6. 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.

  7. ‘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?

  8. Did People Read Mein Kampf?

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

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

  16. It Wasn’t Just the Jews…

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