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The Holocaust. A Presentation by: Alexis, Ashyea , and Cameron. Basic Information. Time Period: 1939-1945 Location all throughout Europe (mainly Germany)
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The Holocaust A Presentation by: Alexis, Ashyea, and Cameron
Basic Information • Time Period: 1939-1945 • Location all throughout Europe (mainly Germany) • Adolf Hitler was a German leader who claimed that all non-Aryans were the cause of the problems. He said that they needed to go. These people were the: Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, communists, journalists, Jehovah’s witnesses, and handicapped people (or anyone else Hitler just didn’t like).
Definitions • Genocide- mass murder of a group of people • Anti-Semitism- hatred of Jews • Aryan- people with blonde hair and blue eyes and full German • Nazi- Hitler’s German soldiers
Key People • Adolf Hitler- German leader • Anne Frank- wrote a diary of her experiences during the Holocaust (Otto Frank (father and only survivor of their family) published it after the Holocaust) • King Christian X- king of Denmark • Dr. Mengele- experimented on Jewish children medically and scientifically (he tried to sew twins together to make Siamese twins)
Places • Concentration Camps like Dachau • Ghettos • Death Camps like Auschwitz
Events • In Warsaw in April of 1943, there was a rebellion of Jews. • Liberation. • At the end of WW2, Germany knew that they were going to lose the war. A few days before Germany surrendered, Hitler committed suicide. • In 1945, 22 Nazi leaders were put on trial. 19 were found guilty and were killed.
Groups Targeted • Jews • Gypsies • Homosexuals • Communists • Journalists • Jehovah’s witnesses • Handicapped people • Non-Aryans
End Results • Over 6,000,000 Jews killed • Over 11,000,000 deaths total
Technology in the Death Camps • Gas chambers • Ovens • Guns
Liberation • Survivors of the Holocaust were returned to their homes. Very few people survived this horrible and cruel time.
Importance • The Holocaust is a lesson learned. The lesson learned is that anything like this should never happen again.