1 / 21

The Holocaust

The Holocaust. Section 24.4. Objectives. Explain the Nuremburg Laws passed in 1935 Identify the different ways Jews were persecuted before they were sent to concentration camps Understand what life was like for the inhabitants of a concentration camp. Anti- Semitisim in Germany.

vanida
Download Presentation

The Holocaust

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Holocaust Section 24.4

  2. Objectives Explain the Nuremburg Laws passed in 1935 Identify the different ways Jews were persecuted before they were sent to concentration camps Understand what life was like for the inhabitants of a concentration camp

  3. Anti-Semitisim in Germany • Hitler blamed Jews for all the problems in Germany • Communism • Inflation • Depression • Hitler takes power • Urged citizens to boycott Jewish businesses • Barred Jews from Civil service • Jews were banned from • Banking • Stock exchange • Law • Journalism • Medicine

  4. Nazi Propgaganda

  5. Persecution of Jews • Nuremburg Laws – 1935 • Denied German Citizenship to Jews • Banned marriage between Jews and non-Jews • Segregated Jews at every level of society

  6. Kristallnacht • “Night of the Broken Glass” • Nov.9 1938 • Jewish refugee killed a German diplomat • Nazi leaders ordered attacks on Jews and Synagogues in Germany

  7. Jewish Refugees • 1933-37 • 129,000 Jews fled Germany and Austria • Albert Einstein • More would have left but were not generally welcomed in other countries • Because of the Great Depression, jobs were hard to find and countries did not want to compete with immigrants • 1936 Vessel St. Louis • 973 Jews on board headed for the US • 21 received permission to stay in Cuba, the rest were sent back to Germany. 600 of 973 Jews died in concentration camps

  8. Jews moved to Ghettos • Germany invaded Poland and the Soviet Union • These countries have large expanses of territory that was home to millions of Jews • Ghetto’s were created at first • Walled sections of a city in which all Jews were required to live

  9. Movie Clip What were the people doing in the streets? What were the people wearing? How did the Nazi soldiers treat the Jews? Look at the expressions on the peoples faces

  10. Concentration Camps • 1933 – First concentration camp • Began as a work camp • Imprisoned political opponents, communists, socialists and anyone who spoke against Hitler • Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witness, Homosexuals, Beggars, Drunkards and mentally ill were also targeted • Prisoners wore striped uniforms with a colored triangle patch • Yellow-Jew • Purple-Jehovah’s Witness • Pink-Homosexual • Red-Political Prisoner • Blue-Immigrant • Green-Criminal • Black-”Antisocial”

  11. Concentration Camps Work will make you Free • Prisoners suffered from • Malnourishment • Disease • Medical experiments • Oxygen deprivation • Hypothermia • Effects of altitude • Surgeries without anesthesia • Twins were often experimented on

  12. The Final Solution • Wannsee conference – 1942 • German officers met to decide “The Final Solution to the Jewish Problem” • 11,000,000 Jews planned to be murdered • Genocide- willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group

  13. Death Camps • Auschwitz • Most well known Concentration Camp • Became a death camp • Jews were murdered in a number of ways • Zyklon B • Carbon Monoxide • Firing Squads • Head to Head Murder

  14. Treatment of Deceased • Jewish bodies were treated like animals • Fat was made into soap • Hair was used for wigs, slippers and mattresses • Gold fillings were stolen as well as other jewelry

  15. Allied Response • Early response was weak • Did not open our borders to Jews • By the end of 1942 the US publicly acknowledged that jews were victims of Genocide • 1944 FDR Created War Refugee Board • Helped the Red Cross save thousands of Eastern European Jews • Overall, most resources were aimed at stopping the Nazi Military

  16. Liberation • Concentration Camps were liberated when Soviet and US soldiers approached Germany in 1945 • Many soldiers that liberated the camps were unprepared for what they saw • There was a great deal of American sympathy following the war • 1948 the country of Israel was created as a Jewish state • By 1945, 6 million Jews had been murdered • By that time, 5 million others lay dead due to Nazi persecution

  17. Objectives Explain the Nuremburg Laws passed in 1935 Identify the different ways Jews were persecuted before they were sent to concentration camps Understand what life was like for the inhabitants of a concentration camp

More Related