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Hitler and The Final Solution

Hitler and The Final Solution. Hitler believed Aryans superior people Many were his enemies Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, homosexuals, mentally deficient, political opponents. The Nuremburg Laws. The Law for the protection of German Blood and Honor

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Hitler and The Final Solution

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  1. Hitler and The Final Solution • Hitler believed Aryans superior people • Many were his enemies • Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, homosexuals, mentally deficient, political opponents

  2. The Nuremburg Laws • The Law for the protection of German Blood and Honor • Prohibited marriage and extra-marital intercourse between Jews and “Aryans”

  3. The Reich Citizenship Law • Stripped Jews of their German citizenship and drew a distinction between Reich citizens and “nationals” • The Jews would become the scapegoat for Germany’s failures

  4. Anti-Jewish Legislation 1937-1939 • No govt. contracts to Jews • “Aryan” doctors could only treat “Aryan” patients • Jews had to wear the yellow Star of David as well as have a big “J” on their passport

  5. Kristallnacht • November 9, 1938 • “Night of Broken Glass” • 100 Jews killed; 30,000 arrested • Many Jews decide to flee- other countries refused to take the refugees

  6. Jewish Ghettoes

  7. Jewish Ghettoes • Miserable conditions • Neighborhood sealed off with barbed wire and stone walls • Factories were built next to the ghetto- Jews forced to work for German industry

  8. Jewish Ghettoes • There was resistance in the ghettoes • The Jews were herded into small neighborhood sections and forced to live horribly

  9. Concentration Camp • Prisoners were overworked, beaten, experimented upon, and systematically put to death • Awful

  10. Homework • I WANT YOU TO DO THIS….. • P. 549 Assessment #’s 1, 2

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