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The Holocaust: The Nazi’s Final Solution. Corresponding reading: 32.3 (part 2). Holocaust defined. hol·o·caust (hl- kôst , hl-) n. 1. Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire.
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The Holocaust:The Nazi’s Final Solution Corresponding reading: 32.3 (part 2)
Holocaust defined • hol·o·caust (hl-kôst, hl-)n. • 1. Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire. • 2. The genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II • 3. A sacrificial offering that is consumed entirely by flames.
What marked the *Final Solution? • Not dying quick enough in ghettos • *Systematic killing planned • *Concentration (extermination) camps • Transported via railway • Some lives were spared to work • “Showered” with cyanide gas (Zyklon B) • Up to 6,000 deaths per day • Medical experiments • Surgery practice, typhus fever…
Was there Resistance? Non-Jewish Resistance helped some escape Germany Hid them in their homes Treblinka & Sobibor – 1943 Many escaped, but were killed soon after Auschwitz • Ella Gartner – Oct 7 1944 – helped lead revolt • Smuggled gunpowder, staged revolt • RozaRobota – organization • Executed one month prior to liberation
Documentary… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomRAWCbgpw&feature=related
Clip Thoughts? • How were those brought to the camps separated? • Why would they want to put the gas chambers farther away from the camp? • Who was responsible for burying the dead?
Comprehension Check • What was the new racial order proposed by the Nazis? • Give two examples of resistance to the Holocaust • What was the Nazi’s Final Solution? • What impact did the Holocaust have on the Jewish population of Europe? • Why do you think German people went along with the Nazi policies?