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The Holocaust

The Holocaust. 1933-1945. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? . DID YOU KNOW….. . Ghettos were living areas for the Jewish before being sent to a concentration camp or death camp. The Nazis had over 20,000 death camps and concentration camps spread throughout Europe.

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The Holocaust

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  1. The Holocaust 1933-1945

  2. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

  3. DID YOU KNOW….. • Ghettos were living areas for the Jewish before being sent to a concentration camp or death camp. • The Nazis had over 20,000 death camps and concentration camps spread throughout Europe. • There is a difference between a concentration camp and death camp. • Hitler’s plan for the genocide of Jews was known as his “Final Solution”.

  4. Nearly 6 million • Not only Jewish People - 6 million Jewish - 5 million Non-Jewish • Planned mass executions • Almost the entire culture was wiped out

  5. Final solution • Starts in October 1939 • Deportations, emigration, or mass shootings of Jewish People • Categorized as “subhuman” • No longer treated by the normal rules • Heinrich Himmler and the SS in charge

  6. Death Camps in poland • By 1941 camps are dedicated to the mass killing of Jews • Accessible by direct rail lines • Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Chelmno, Belzec, and Maidanek

  7. Forced into ghettos • Some 400 created • Labor camps • Used starvation and deprivation to weaken the captives • Concentration were later built • Worked to death as slave labor • Used in medical experiments

  8. Holocaust Poetry Options CHOOSE 2 OF THE THREE **Option 1: free verse Whichever topic you do not cover from the options below (minimum of 5 lines and 15 words! **Option 3: Cinquain Any person from readings from yesterday ** Option 2: Diamante Topic: Nazis and Jewish Cinquain format Line 1: Title: (noun) Line 2:Two adjectives describing the subject Line 3: Three verbs (ending in ing) related to the subject Line 4: a simile for 1st line Line 5: A synonym for 1st line Example: Hitler Cold, hateful Terrorizing, yelling, scowling Like a dark cloud hanging over Europe Devil

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